70,000 youngsters at Taizé” “

“Today more than ever an appeal is raised to open ways of faith deep into the night of humanity”. This is the opening exhortation of the letter written to youth by frère Roger of Taizé for the year 2002. Translated into 58 languages (of which 23 Asian and 7 African), the letter has as its […]

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Switzerland: interreligious prayer” “

Representatives of various religions gathered in the Protestant church of St. Jervase in Geneva on 16 December, to pray together for peace. Exponents of the Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish and Moslem confessions expressed, in a joint declaration, their concern following the events of 11 September 2001 and for their consequences in the various countries. […]

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The White Paper” “” “

On 25 July 2001 the Commission adopted the White Paper on European Governance, one of the priorities of the executive led by Romano Prodi. The aim of the White Paper is to promote a reflection on the state of the EU institutions and on (new) forms of European government: “rethinking our way of constructing Europe”, […]

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Closer to people” “” “

Ever since taking office, the European Commission led by Romano Prodi had included among its priorities the drafting on a White Paper on “governance”, or the art of governing, at the European level. The French member of the European Council Jerôme Vignon was given the task of coordinating the work of the so-called “Governance Task […]

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The Convention” “

The European Council meeting at Laeken decided to convene a Convention with the mandate of examining the fundamental questions relating to the future of the Union and formulating possible responses. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former President of the French Republic from 1974 to 1981, was designated President of the Convention. He will be assisted by two […]

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The Final Declaration” “

The European Council meeting of 14 and 15 December adopted, as programmed at Nice a year ago, the “Laeken Declaration on the future of the European Union”. In the eight-page document it is affirmed that the fifty years of European integration have been able to guarantee a period of peace and prosperity to the continent […]

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” “The reform process” “” “

The European Council meeting in Laeken essentially marked the end of the Belgian Presidency. On 1st January Spain will assume the leadership of Europe for six months. The conclusions of the Laeken Summit concern in the first place the Future of the Union. The Laeken Declaration and the decision to set up the Convention (see […]

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Europe at the crossroads” “

The European Council meeting at Laeken (14-15 December) established the next stages for the enlargement of the European Union and for the reform of the Treaties (see fact files on the following pages). To comment on the conclusions of the summit we interviewed Michel Dumoulin , director of the Institute of European Studies at the […]

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The European Churches in 2002 ” “

The calendar of events planned by the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and by the Commission of the episcopates of the European Community (COMECE). January 24/27 – Joint CCEE-KEK Committee (Ottmaring/Augsburg, Germany) February 3/4 – Work group (CCEE) on the environment (Venice, Italy) 21/22 – CCEE Session (St. Gall, Switzerland) March 7/8 […]

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Presentation of bids” “

· YOUTH – Invitation to present proposals for the support of international non governmental organization for youth. Deadline for the presentation of proposals: 28/2/2002. For further information, please contact: European Commission, GD Education and Culture, Unit D1- Youth, Rue de la Loi, 200, B-1049 Bruxelles. Fax 00322.2994038, or consult the website http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/youth/program/ingyofr.html (GUCE 352/6, 12/12/2001).

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