COMECE - Europe's religious heritage recognised in draft EU Constitution

Europe's religious heritage recognised in draft EU Constitution

Press Release - 28 May 2003 The Presidium of the European Convention today agreed a draft Preamble to the Treaty establishing the EU Constitution (see below). Rev. Rüdiger Noll, director of the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and Mgr Noël Treanor, Secretary General of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) made the following statement:

Churches welcome draft EU Constitution

Press Release - 27 May 2003 On 26 May 2003, the Presidium of the European Convention published the revised draft of Part One of the Treaty establishing the EU Constitution. Rev. Rüdiger Noll, director of the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and Mgr Noël Treanor, Secretary General of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) published the following statement:

Christianity and God should be in EU Constitution

Gott und das christliche Erbe sollen in die EU-Verfassung

Press Release - 5 June 2003 Bishop Josef Homeyer, President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community, has today written to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Convention, to advocate references to Christianity and God in the Preamble of the new EU Constitution.

EU Bishops launch Christian reflection on European integration

Let us open our hearts: EU Bishops launch Christian reflection on European integration

Press Release - 11 June 2003 The European Union is entering a decisive moment in its history. The Convention on the Future of Europe is putting the final touches to a draft constitutional treaty, and the accession next year of ten new member states will transform not only the image but also the identity of the EU. Against this background the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community is today publishing "Let us open our hearts", an invitation to examine European integration from a Christian perspective.

COMECE reaction to draft EU Constitution

Reaktion auf den EU-Verfassungsentwurf

Press Release - 19 June 2003 The Executive Committee of COMECE today publishes its assessment of the draft EU Constitution to be presented tomorrow, 20 June, at the EU summit in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Representatives of Europe?s Churches meet Italian Presidency of the European Union

Churches meet Italian EU Presidency

Press Release ? 14 October 2003 In a meeting today at Rome?s Palazzo Chigi, representatives of the Churches discussed their role in the European unification process with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. They emphasised the need to guarantee religious freedom, respect for the existing juridical relations in EU member states, and the development of an open, transparent and regular dialogue. They also made a fresh call for a reference to Europe?s Christian roots in the Preamble of the future EU Constitution.

COMECE regrets European Commission guidelines on stem cell research

European Commission guidelines on stem cell research

Press Release - 9 July 2003 On 9 July 2003, the European Commission proposed guidelines for the funding of research on human embryonic stem cells under the Sixth EU Research Framework Programme. Mgr Noel Treanor, Secretary General of COMECE, made the following statement: