Germany: Catholic Action defends life” “

The plenary assembly of German Catholic Action (ZdK) was held at Bonn-Bad Godesberg from 22 to 23 November. Issues on the agenda were the European constitution, the social policies of the Schröder government and the defence of life. In particular, Hans Joachim Meyer, ZdK president, criticized the lack of a clear position on the defence […]

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Atlantic Alliance: yes to enlargement” “

NATO’s “Agenda for change” was fully endorsed at its recent summit in Prague: this is the agenda by which the alliance pledged to reform NATO’s composition, capability and instruments to tackle the new challenges of the present and future (cf. SirEurope no.42 of 21 November 2001). Apart from having “invited” Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, […]

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The EP on pluralism of information” “

In the course of its plenary session in Strasbourg from 18 to 20 November, the European Parliament approved a Resolution on the “concentration of the means of information” (cf. interview on p. 4). Following the debate in the chamber on the opening day of the session, the need emerged to ask the Commission to draft […]

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The Court of Justice celebrates its 50th Anniversary

With a Solemn Audience on 4 December, the European Court of Justice (http://curia.eu.int) will celebrate its 50th anniversary. The ceremony will take place at the Court’s headquarters in Luxembourg in the presence of the political and judicial authorities of member states and candidate countries. In 1952, the Treaty of Paris established the European Coal and […]

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” “Dailies and periodicals” “

“Europe and populism” is the title of a page dedicated by Le Monde (26/11) to an analysis of the recent elections in Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands, characterized by a general “decline” of political parties of the extreme right (with the sole exception of Switzerland). In Austria, where Haider’s party lost over 16% of its […]

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EU legislation” “

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Decision no. 1/2002 of the Council of Association EU-Bulgaria, of 5/6/2002, that adopts the procedures and general conditions for the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria in Community programmes (OGEC L 317/27, 21/11/2002); · Regulation (EC) no. […]

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European Parliament” “

The Commissions of the European Parliament will meet in Brussels from 2 to 5 December 2002. The main points on the agenda are as follows: · Monetary dialogue with the ECB – Exchange of opinions with Wim Duisenberg, President of the ECB (Commission for economic and monetary problems); · Preparation of the recommendation on Major […]

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Presentation of bids

· MEDIA / DEMOCRATIC STABILIZATION / WESTERN BALKANS – Tender to present bids for the regional Programme CARDS – Democratic stabilization – Support for free and independent means of information in the western Balkans. Deadline for the presentation of bids: 24/2/2003. For further information, contact the European Commission, Office of Cooperation EuropeAid, E-mail huguette.tas@cec.eu.int, or […]

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Quanti sono i musulmani

Si stima che in Germania vivano 2 milioni 400 mila islamici, suddivisi in immigrati provenienti da Turchia (circa 1.920.000), Iran (circa 115.000), Medio Oriente (circa 95.000), Africa (circa 143.000) e Asia (circa 127.000). La maggior parte di essi è presente nella parte occidentale del Paese; nella ex Germania est vivono solo circa 60.000 musulmani. Nel […]

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” “Regno Unito: una cena gratuita

Sunniti, sciiti, ismailiti… tutti celebrano nello stesso periodo il Ramadan, che si rivela un’occasione di dialogo. Con circa 2 milioni di musulmani (concentrati nelle grandi città come Londra, ma anche a Bradford, Leicester e in Scozia) su una popolazione di 60 milioni di abitanti, la Gran Bretagna ha preso da tempo coscienza di questa realtà […]

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