"baby gang"

” “Francia: percorsi di recupero

Proseguiamo la riflessione sui giovani in Europa che abbiamo intrapreso sugli ultimi numeri di SirEuropa (cfr nn.11,13 e 14 del 2002) in vista del decimo Simposio dei vescovi europei, in programma a Roma dal 24 al 28 aprile sul tema “Giovani d’Europa nel cambiamento. Laboratori della fede”. Su questo numero di SirEuropa approfondiamo i problemi […]

di Cyril Lepeigneux - Parigi" "

editoriale" "

All’Europa chiediamo…” “

Spesso mi viene domandato: “Che cosa si attende il tuo Paese e gli altri Paesi centro-orientali dal processo di integrazione europea?”. La mia risposta è che ogni nazione è analoga ad un essere umano: nella nuova famiglia europea bisogna che ognuna di esse sia considerata tale. Cercherò di spiegarmi e, sebbene mi riferisca alla Slovacchia, […]

di Marián Gavenda – portavoce conferenza episcopale slovacca" "" "

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” “Sarajevo, ten years after

It may seem banal to say that each country has its own characteristics, although everyone hastens to point out that each people is formed of persons and that each person is different. What characterizes the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the Balkan peoples in general, is an unusually large dose of pessimism and fatalism at all […]

di Maria Rita Saulle " "lecturer in international law – university of rome "la sapienza" " "

employment

” “Not only flexibility

“Youth of Europe in a period of change. Laboratories of faith”: that is the theme chosen by the European bishops for their tenth Symposium planned to be held in Rome from 24 to 28 April. We have already examined some aspects of the involvement of young people in the Church and in society and the […]

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Adaptation and mobility” “

Although their educational level is among the highest in the world, European youngsters are those who bear most of the brunt of the crisis of the labour market. Short-term contracts, compulsory flexibility, part time. And so long as they do not remain unemployed, young people are prepared to accept any conditions. What are the consequences? […]

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EU: a fragmented market ” “

The reform of the labour market is considered of crucial importance for the campaign against unemployment and for development in all the member states of the European Union. The last European Council, held in Barcelona on 15 and 16 March, tackled the question, placing the emphasis on flexibility and stressing the need for structural reforms […]

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EU legislation

Directive 92/85/EEC of the Council, of 19/10/1992, concerning the implementation of measures aimed at promoting the improvement of the health and safety at work of pregnant women workers or young mothers with infant children (1992); Regulation (EC) no. 1643/95 of the Council, of 29/6/1995, amending Regulation (EC) no. 2062/94 relating to the establishment of a […]

di Gian Andrea Garancini - Brussels" "

Czech Republic

” “At the crossroads of history

“Today Europe finds itself at one of the most important crossroads in its history. For the first time it has the chance to give itself a system based on fair and democratic principles”: from this consideration Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, took his cue in a wide-ranging reflection on “Europe and the World” […]

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Spain: world assembly on ageing” “

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Spanish premier and current president of the European Union José Maria Aznar opened the second UN world assembly on ageing in Madrid on 8 April. The assembly, which will continue till 12 April, is devoted to the theme “A society for all ages”. The Spanish prime minister, worried by […]

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Upper Rhine: the bishops on the challenges of biomedicine ” “

The challenges of biomedicine and genetic techniques are at the centre of a pastoral letter “Life in the Upper Rhine”, issued jointly by the bishops of Basel, Fribourg and Strasbourg, the basin of the Upper Rhine, and presented in Basel on 8 April. “The dignity of human life from conception to death must be respected […]

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