The Bishops of COMECE (Commission of the Bishops? Conferences of the European Community) will hold their Autumn Plenary Assembly from 21 to 23 November in Brussels. This plenary Assembly will be mainly dedicated to ?The external action of the EU ? current challenges and perspectives?.

COMECE’s Secretary General Mgr Treanor greets the announcement of an agreement on the new treaty for the European Union.

On November 5th the Secretariat of COMECE will present a further contribution for a family strategy on the EU level.

The COMECE Secretariat welcomes the fact that the Heads of State and Government have agreed to give a clear mandate to an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) to proceed towards an institutional reform of the EU.

Eighty students from thirty countries will participate. They will follow lectures and seminars organized at Seggau Castle, near Graz.