Unione Europea

Sikis La Commissione europea (DG Allargamento) ha presentato, il 9 novembre scorso, un rapporto sul processo di adesione della Turchia all’UE. Nel rapporto si analizzano i progressi compiuti dal governo turco nella tutela dei diritti umani e delle libertà fondamentali, nell’adeguamento all’acquis communautaire ed agli standards economici e sociali previsti dall’Unione. Per quanto concerne la […]

Fifty years after the Treaty of Rome – Which values for the European Union? Conclusions of the Seminar organised by COMECE at Clermont-Ferrand on 9 – 11 October 2006. To mark the 50th Anniversary of the signature of the Treaty of Rome, COMECE (the Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of the European Community) will organise […]

La Commissione europea ha adottato, il 26 settembre scorso, la “Relazione di verifica del grado di preparazione della Bulgaria e della Romania in vista dell’adesione all’Unione europea”. Dal 1° gennaio 2007, i due paesi entreranno a pieno titolo nella UE. L’adesione segnerà l’ingresso di altri 30 milioni di persone nell’UE, completando il suo quinto allargamento […]

First Meeting of the “Comité des sages” yesterday (COMECE press release 13 september 2006 – www.comece.org) During a press conference held yesterday in the secretariat of the COMECE in Brussels, Mgr Noel Treanor, Secretary General of the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the EU, presented the “Comité des Sages” established by COMECE to help […]

Le Conferenze Episcopali dell’Europa si oppongono al programma di ricerca dell’Unione Europea sulle cellule staminali di origine embrionale, in quanto attenta al diritto fondamentale alla vita degli esseri umani. “La Chiesa è a favore dell’investigazione scientifica a servizio dell’essere umano, ma unisce la sua voce a quella di tutti quelli che, a nome dell’etica, denunciano […]

CHURCH DELEGATION FINDS DIALOGUE AND A CERTAIN PRAGMATISM ARE KEY CONCEPTS FOR THE FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY There is not likely to be much progress with regard to the Constitutional Treaty during the Finnish Presidency. But the EU needs to respond more efficiently to global challenges. This is what the people of Europe as well as […]

On 15 June 2006, the European Parliament voted in first reading on the 7th Research Framework Programme and called for EU funding of research with human embryos and human embryonic stem cells. Mgr Noel Treanor, Secretary General of the Commission of the Bishops’Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), made the following statement: COMECE is supportive […]

Racism, Xenophobia and the Media: Towards respect and understanding of all religions and cultures. Euro-Mediterranean Conference Discusses Media’s Influence On Intercultural Understanding (EUMC Press release, 22 May 2006 – www.eumc.eu.int) Austrian State Secretary Hans Winkler, European Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and EUMC Director Beate Winkler open conference in Vienna. The potential for the media to have […]

Statement of the Executive Committee of COMECE on the occasion of the Competitiveness Council and the vote in the European Parliament’s ITRE Committee on the 7th Research Framework Programme on 30 May 2006 in Brussels Brussels, 31 May 2006 The Executive Committee of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) takes […]

European Religious Leaders meet with Presidents Barroso and Schüssel. The contribution of the Churches and religious communities to the European integration process was at the centre of the discussions of religious leaders with the President of the European Council, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel and the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, at a […]