MONTHLY AGENDa" "

January 2005″ “

We present the main events involving the Catholic Church and the other Christian Churches in Europe in January. In 2005 the Church is celebrating the Year of the Eucharist, announced by John Paul II on 10 June 2004, the solemnity of Corpus Christi, and opened by the Pope himself in the Vatican basilica on 17 […]

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Rapid ratification urged” “

Musical themes, slogans, balloons and banners with the word “yes” in various languages: a sober celebration, in “community” style, welcomed the green light given by the European Parliament in Strasbourg to a Resolution that supports the Constitutional Treaty and recommends its rapid ratification to member states. In recent days the EU also defined a strategy […]

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The work of the century?” “

“It’s not a masterpiece”, but it is “a result that needs to be turned to account” through national ratification, to enable it to come into force. Bernhard Vogel has chaired the Konrad Adenauer Foundation since 2001, after having already headed it in the period 1989-1995. Born in Göttingen 72 years ago, he has behind him […]

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Inflation on the rise” “

Eurostat – the EU Statistics Office – published the data relating to inflation in the Euroland countries in early January. For the month of December 2004, the overall rate registered was 2.3%, a slight increase over the 2.2% of the previous month, but still lower than the rate for October, which had touched the record […]

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Toward a system of European civil protection?” “

The tragedy of the tsunami in South-East Asia has urgently placed back on the agenda of the EU the possible establishment of “EU civil protection teams” for the management of humanitarian emergencies. The issue had been under review in Brussels for several years, but had never reached the stage of the definition of an operational […]

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The new CAP comes into force” “

The latest reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) officially came into force in 10 member states of the Union on 1st January 2005. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden and the UK in fact represent the “pioneers” for the application of the new regime of single payment per farm, as a […]

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CAP and new member states” “

The reforms of EU agricultural policy also affect the 10 countries that recently joined the Union. If the Maltese and Slovene governments have decided to adopt the reform introducing the single payment per farm from 2007, the other eight countries have opted to apply the so-called “regime of single payment per surface area” from 1st […]

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International dailies and periodicals” “

Numerous comments appear in the European press about the results of the recent Palestinian elections. Writing in Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (11/1), Wolfgang Lerch comments: “ Now it’s up to those directly involved to take intelligent initiatives to revive the already existing projects or develop new ones. The Israeli prime minister has already announced that […]

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Per un pensare europeo” “” “

Con comprensibile entusiasmo il 1° maggio scorso è stato salutato l’ampliamento dell’Unione europea a 25 Stati. Dopo le forse eccessive speranze in una veloce integrazione cominciano ora ad emergere anche diverse difficoltà. Nell’attuale clima politico e sociale non si percepisce l’attesa di novità che possano, almeno nel prossimo futuro, segnare la vita dei nuovi cittadini […]

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Slovacchia: la preghiera ecumenica” “

“La settimana di preghiera per l’unità dei cristiani (18-25 gennaio) in Slovacchia sarà vissuta all’insegna della solidarietà e della condivisione spirituale con le vittime del maremoto nel Sud-est asiatico. La decisione presa di comune accordo segna un passo in avanti delle Chiese nel campo della solidarietà e della comunione”. Lo ha detto al Sir il […]

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