Immigrazione di lavoratori dell’est europeo” “

L’imminente allargamento ad Est dell’Unione europea provoca in molti governi europei il timore di una “invasione” di lavoratori, al punto che non pochi paesi stanno approntando misure restrittive – seppur teoricamente transitorie – volte appunto a limitare l’ingresso di cittadini dei nuovi Stati membri. A riguardo, la Commissione è sempre stata dell’avviso che un tale […]

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Allarme criminalità in Europa” “

Dati preoccupanti sulla criminalità nell’Unione europea. Un documento della Commissione europea, pubblicato la settimana scorsa e relativo al periodo 1995-2000, lancia un vero e proprio allarme: ogni ora, si verificano oltre 350 tra furti, rapine e aggressioni a sfondo sessuale, cifre che interessano soprattutto i centri urbani e che sono soprattutto dovute all’aumento della delinquenza […]

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Modelli a confronto” “

“Federalismo 2004. Aspetti quantitativi e confronto con le esperienze europee” è il rapporto curato da Reforme, associazione promossa da studiosi e professionisti presso l’Istituto di ricerca ‘Ref’ – Ricerche per l’economia e la finanza di cui proponiamo una sintesi. Per Informazioni: reforme@ref-online.it “L’articolazione dei livelli di governo nei principali Paesi europei – spiega il rapporto […]

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Message of the bishops” “” “

“In the new political stage opened after the elections of 14 March, the legitimate authorities may count on the collaboration of everyone in the absolutely priority task of the struggle against terrorism. Catholics will provide this collaboration without any misgivings, offering the strong courage inspired by a hope that cannot be quenched”. So say the […]

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COMECE

The family at the centre” “” “

Restoring the family to the centre of EU policies; widening the debate within the institutions of the Union to give rise to a real strategy on this front, in close coordination with the social, as well as economic, objectives of the “Lisbon strategy”: these are the basic guidelines of the document “A family strategy for […]

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Ukraine: Cardinal Husar on the Patriarchate ” “

A letter has been addressed to the faithful of the Ukraine to explain how negotiations are progressing with regard to the recognition of the Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, following Cardinal Walter Kasper’s visit to Moscow. The letter is signed by Cardinal Lubomyr Husar on behalf of the Synod of bishops of the metropolitan […]

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CEC-COMECE: meeting with EU President” “

Representatives of the Christian Churches in Europe met the Irish prime minister and current President of the European Council, Bertie Ahern, in Dublin on 11 March. The delegation of the European Churches was composed of the representatives of the “Church and Society” Commission of the CEC and of COMECE. The representatives of the Christian Churches […]

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Education and training post-2007″ “

With the intention of defining new guidelines in the sector of formal and informal learning, the Commission recently adopted a communication with the title “The new generation of education and training programmes 2007-2013”. The document of the EU Executive is aimed at providing guidelines for the reform of EU programmes currently in force (Socrates – […]

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Citizenship” “

The European Commission has approved the communication “Citizenship in action”, which represents the basis of the reform for EU youth, culture 2000 and media plus programmes from 2007 on. The aim of the youth programme – open to the age group 13-30 – is to reinforce the actions of the European volunteer services also beyond […]

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Environment: Kyoto binding for Europe” “

At the world level there are still many governments (such as the USA and Russia) that hesitate to accept the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and receive them into their national legislation. In the European Union, by contrast, a decision of the European Parliament and Council […]

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