United Kingdom: living on the poverty threshold” “

The volunteers of the Anglican association “ Church Action on poverty“, whose members include the Anglican bishop of Wolverhampton, Michael Bourke, plan to demonstrate during Lent this year that it is actually impossible to live in Great Britain on the minimum wage (approximately 7 euros per hour) fixed by the Labour government of Tony Blair. […]

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Open to the East” “

“Europe today is characterized by a certain ambivalence, due to the presence, in the same phenomena, of elements both of hope and anxiety”. The observation provided the cue for the report presented by Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini to the Conference on “Europe open space”, promoted in Milan by the Bocconi University on 28 January to […]

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Enlargement and agricultural policy” “

The bishops of central and eastern Europe will meet in Brussels from 2 to 4 February to analyze the implications of the agricultural policies of the European Union for the candidate countries seeking membership of an enlarged EU. “The seminar – explains John Coughlan, spokesman of COMECE (Commission of the episcopates of the European Community) […]

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Convention: agreement reached” “

The General Affairs Council (GAC), composed of the Foreign Ministers of the fifteen member countries of the EU, reached a unanimous compromise on the composition and funding of the Convention for the institutional reforms of the Union which will begin its work on 28 February. The GAC thus put an end to the dispute over […]

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Middle East: relaunching the peace process” “

On his return from a mission in Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Josep Piqué confirmed the commitment of the Spanish Presidency of the EU to relaunch the peace process in the Middle East. In spite of the fact that violence and terror continue to form part of everyday […]

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WTO: difficulties for the development agenda” “

The “Development Agenda” adopted at Doha last November during the 4th ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is encountering obstacles to its effective implementation. The Director General of the WTO (and candidate for the post of President) Mike Moore, addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, lamented the lack of an […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

The annual address on the state of the Union, given by American President Bush to the two Chambers gathered in Congress in recent days, was the occasion for the main European dailies to review the state of American foreign policy four months after the tragic attacks of 11 September. “George W. Bush on the front […]

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EU legislation” “

In the course of last week, the following legislative acts and communications were published in the Official Gazette of the European Community: · Draft regulation of the Epand the Council relating to the common Vocabulary for public contracts (OGEC C 25 E/1, 29/1/2002); · Draft regulation of the Council relating to the specific restrictive measures, […]

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European Parliament” “

· Meeting of the Political Groups in Brussels, in preparation for the Plenary Session in February, from Monday 28 to Thursday 31 January 2002; · Meetings of the Interparliamentary Delegations of the EP; · The European Parliament has nominated its own delegation to the Convention for the future of Europe, due to begin its work […]

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Presentation of bids” “

· EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN – Open competition – Implementation of the decision of the Council of 20/12/2000 relating to the programme concerning EU strategy on matters of equality between the sexes (2001-2005) – Deadline for the presentation of bids: 15/3/2002. For further information, please contact: European Commission, GD Employment and Social Affairs, Unit […]

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