Category Archives: EU External Affairs
The EU started to develop a Common Foreign and Security Policy with the Maastricht Treaty (1992). Moreover, in recent years, the EU intensified efforts to promote Human Rights outside its borders and it has played a major role in International Trade and Development Aid.
EU Enlargement continues to be an important pillar of EU’s External Policy. Since 2004 a specific Neighborhood Policy was elaborated to establish good relations with neighboring countries.
In the hope that a united Europe can take a stronger role on the world stage, COMECE together with Justice and Peace Europe aims to assist the EU in its vocation to promote global peace and assume its responsibility for supporting sustainable development and social justice across the world. COMECE is assisted in this mission by a Commission on the External Relations of the European Union.
Press Release
🇬🇱 🇪🇺 STATEMENT | COMECE Presidency expresses solidarity with the people of Greenland
The Presidency of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) issued a statement on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, expressing its solidarity and spiritual closeness with Greenland and its people in the context of growing geopolitical uncertainty and ongoing discussions regarding its future. Read the Statement: EN | DK | IT | FR | SK | ES | PT At a time … Continue reading
News
HOLY LAND | Archbishop Hérouard represents COMECE at the 25th Holy Land Coordination
Archbishop of Dijon (France) and First Vice-President of COMECE, Mgr Antoine Hérouard, represented the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) during the 25th Holy Land Coordination in Jerusalem, from 17 to 21 January 2026, expressing solidarity with local Christian communities and supporting initiatives for justice, peace and reconciliation. Read the Appeal | Photo Gallery The meeting brought together 13 bishops from ten … Continue reading
23/01/2026
Papal message to high-level peacebuilding conference in Luxembourg [EN]
23/01/2026
COMECE President Mgr. Mariano Crociata’s speech during peace conference in Luxembourg [EN, IT]
22/01/2026
Final Communiqué of the Co-ordination of Episcopal Conferences in Support of the Church of the Holy Land [EN]
Event
EVENT | High-level conference on Peacebuilding in Luxembourg
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) is pleased to invite stakeholders, institutions and the wider public to participate in a high-level conference “Peacebuilding in Europe: what role for catholic social thought and universal values?” to be held in Luxembourg on Friday, 23 January 2026, from 9h00 to 17h00. Participation will be possible in person as well as online, as the … Continue reading
Event
EVENT | European Reconciliation: event at the European Parliament marks the 60th anniversary of the Polish bishops’ appeal to the German bishops
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) draws attention to the event “European Reconciliation. On the 60th anniversary of the Polish Bishops’ Appeal to the German Bishops”, which will take place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, 21 January 2026, at 16:30. The event aims to recall the historical and moral significance of the 1965 exchange of letters between … Continue reading