COMECE - Instrumentalisation and destruction of human embryos

15. June 2006

Instrumentalisation and destruction of human embryos

COMECE Press 15/06/2006

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.

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31. May 2006

Statement of the Executive Committee of COMECE on the 7th Research Framework Programme

COMECE Press 31/05/2006

The Executive Committee of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) takes note of the ongoing negotiations about the 7th Research Framework Programme in the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers.

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18. November 2005

EU-Research Funding and Ethics

COMECE Press 18.11.2005

In the context of the Lisbon Strategy the member states have agreed to significantly increase expenditure for research and development by the year 2010. The EU’s institutions are currently in the process of adopting the 7th Research Framework Programme and its complementary specific research programmes.

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06. April 2005

Research in the light of human dignity

COMECE Press 06.04.2005

COMECE is disappointed that the Commission proposal for the 7th Research Framework Programme of the 6 April does not contain any clear ethical limits for jointly funded EU research projects.

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