In his opening Speech, COMECE President Bishop Adrianus van Luyn, whose mandate as a COMECE Chair is about to end, made a review of the events which have marked the European Union in the past months.
On the 12 January 2012, Cardinal Marx, COMECE Vice-President, will present the Statement of the COMECE Bishops on the EU Treaty Objective of a Competitive Social Market Economy, "A European Community of Solidarity & Responsibility".
The COMECE Bishops propose that the Common Market evolves towards the concept of a Social Market Economy in order for the EU to become a viable ‘Community of Solidarity and Responsibility’.
