The "technical" decision on the EU Framework Program for Research should "revive the citizens’ attention to the principle/value of life and the protection of life in every moment (from conception to death through all of its phases and aspects, because life must be defended at every time, not just at its limits)”. This was stated by Gianni Borsa, a pro-European journalist, to SIR Europa (the full text will be online as from tonight). As to "the ethical background and socio-political participation of believers", we must "above all put things in perspective", he comments. "Now, research into stem cells is at issue” but "many more challenges" and "chances to fight for life" will come up soon. About euthanasia, new forms of cohabitation, peace, social equity, international justice, will believers from all across Europe, wonders Borsa, “be able to firmly speak up in the appropriate places and at the appropriate times? Will they be able to fuel constructive ethical and cultural debates in their countries and across Europe?”. “2007 concludes the pro-European journalist will be the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the EU integration process" started by "such Catholic politicians as De Gasperi, Schuman and Adenauer. “Do we still have and, prospectively, will we still have believing men and women able to bring their beliefs and testify their values in the European political arena?”.
