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European Year of Youth 2022

Luciano Larivera SJ — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:16:34 +0000

The European Parliament and the Council decided to declare 2022 the European Year of Youth (22 December 2021). This proposal was announced by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in her 2021 State of the Union address, when she considered that the pandemic has deprived young people of many opportunities: Covid has […]

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In grateful memory of David Sassoli

JESC — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:57:53 +0000

David Sassoli, the president of the European Parliament, has died at the age of 65, on Tuesday (11 January) at a hospital in Italy. JESC expresses its sorrow for the passing of this sincere, courageous, amiable politician and journalist. We would like to remember him with the words of gratitude written for us by […]

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10th European Public Communication Conference – EuroPCom 2019

JESC — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:42:55 +0000

The EuroPCom 2019 took place on the 7th and 8th of November at the European Union institutions quartier, more precisely at the Committee of the Regions-building. The purpose of the 10th edition of this two-day conference was to provide spaces for interaction between different social groups and stakeholders, ranging from regional governments to EU functionaries, […]

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Artificial Intelligence and ethical concerns

JESC — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:48:39 +0000

Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU provides alegal foundation for dialogue between EU institutions and religious associations, churches and non-confessional organizations. Seminars, conferences and high-level meetings have been organized on the basis of this article to discuss and examine highly significant issues. One of these conferences was organised by the […]

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Lead by voicing concern in Church and Europe

JESC — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:16:20 +0000

Both the European Union and the Catholic Church seem to be in a crisis. Europe is facing the rise of nationalism and Brexit to mention a few. The Church is dealing with never-ending scandals surrounding child abuse. Sharing the state of crisis, even if very different ones, the E.U. and the Church need to take […]

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Brexit: bad leadership endgame

JESC — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:54:45 +0000

In the dark times of Brexit when uncertainty is rampant, the common urgency is to shed light on an issue which seems local but is deeply overarching for its political consequences and symbolic meaning. During the Ecumenical Prayer breakfast at the European Parliament on Wednesday, 16th January 2019, the main topic of discussion was Brexit. […]

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Christianity and Human rights

JESC — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 09:53:33 +0000

Last Wednesday, 12th of December, the European Parliament held a conference in Strasbourg entitled “Europe and the Future of Human Rights”. This event was organised to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted in Paris by the United Nations on December 10th, 1948. Political leaders and experts in the […]

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07.11 Event with Mairead McGuinness

JESC — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 18:23:59 +0000

7 November 2017, 19:00 at Chapel for Europe. Join Mairead McGuinness, European Parliament Vice President and panel contributors Mgr Jean Kockerols, Rev. Laurence Flachon and Martin Maier SJ to celebrate 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome.

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Rethinking Europe

JESC — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:01:58 +0000

With the participation of Pope Francis, COMECE is organising a Dialogue Congress on the Future of the European Union in the Vatican at the end of October. In the beginning was the idea: the unification of Europe. In 1923 Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi wrote his programmatic book “Pan-Europe”, in which he set out his proposal for a European federation […]

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Stuck in the Doldrums – EU-Africa Trade Deals

JESC — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:48:26 +0000

The blueprint for a patchwork of trade agreements between the EU and African nations has not been achieved. This is because existing and proposed arrangements are based on an economic paradigm that fails to deliver authentically sustainable development, argues Henry Longbottom SJ. Current political negotiations for trade deals between the EU and African countries seem […]

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