The reasons for sticking together” “

Divergent positions, governments against, European Parliament incapable of adopting a common resolution: such are the negative repercussions of the Iraqi crisis on Europe. The current imperative for the European Union is to rediscover the reasons for sticking together, to complete the political community, wholly absent in the process of integration, and at the same time […]

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Balkans, the odour of war” “

Condemnation of the war in Iraq and total endorsement of the Pope’s heartfelt appeals for peace, as expressed by the presidents of the Episcopal Conferences of South-Eastern Europe, at their recent meeting in Scutari, assume a particular significance. For they are being voiced by the Pastors of communities in States – such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro […]

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Late news" "

God and Europe? ” “

The Colloquium “God and Europe? Religious freedom and political freedom in the founding treaties of the new Europe” was held in Brussels, at the headquarters of the European Parliament on 3 April. Promoted by the Foundation for political service, by the Convention of Christians for Europe (CCE) and by a group of eleven Catholic MEPs, […]

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Parliamentary agenda” “

The European Parliament will meet in Strasbourg in plenary session from Monday 7 to Thursday 10 April. The main points on the agenda are as follows: Erasmus World Programme 2004-2008; E-learning Programme 2004-2006; Joint discussion – Balance-sheet of budget for 2001; Reform of Conventions on drugs; Joint discussion – Europol; EU strategy of information and […]

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Presentation of bids” “

LATIN AMERICA/INVESTMENTS – Tender to present bids for the third phase of the programme Al-Invest for cooperation between small and medium European and Latin-American businesses. Deadline for the presentation of bids: 6/6/2003. For further information, European Commission, Office of EuropeAid Cooperation, E-mail Adrianus.Koetsenruijter@cec.eu.int, or consult the website http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_en.htm.

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Dailies and periodicals” “

“Dr. Osama Salé quietly entered the major burns unit in the Kindi hospital and warned us: ‘You’ll now see the world’s greatest tragedy'”. In publishing the shocking photo of a 12-year-old Iraqi boy – who has lost both arms and his whole family (father, mother and two brothers) as a result of the Anglo-American bombing […]

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Proposals for the Court of Justice” “

“Number of judges, their appointment, and duration of their term of office”: these are the points touched on by the chairman of the European Convention’s ‘discussion circle’ on the Court of Justice, European Commissioner Antonio Vitorino, in the report he presented to the Convention in recent days. As regards the number of judges, the majority […]

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Economic prospects not brilliant” “

In spite of the upbeat messages that came out of the last Ecofin Council at the end of March on the state of health of EU finances, the European Commissioner for the economy Pedro Solbes de Mira recently declared that the prospects for the economy of the EU countries in the short term “are not […]

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Enlargement: presentation of the Kok report” “

The report on the impact and consequences of enlargement, compiled by former Dutch prime minister Wim Kok at the request of Romano Prodi and the Commissioner for enlargement Guenther Verheugen, was presented in Brussels on Wednesday 26 March. The document stresses that the success of enlargement consists especially in the chance it provides of permanently […]

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No to "dumping"” “

“Abolishing dumping is good for everyone!”. That’s the slogan that unites many aid organizations in Europe (including the Italian ‘Volunteers in the World-FOCSIV’ and the English ‘CAFOD’) and throughout the world to press for an end to the protectionist regime in agriculture which “is starving two thirds of humanity”. What is curbing the economic growth […]

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