01/05/2010
Pillar of the Human Rights policy in the external relations of the EU (EN)
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.
11/09/2008
Event Report | The external Relations of the EU with Muslim countries and international responsibility of religious communities (EN)
08/04/2008
Pastoral letter to the Bishops of the MENA region (EN)
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Global Governance Assessment 2006 of COMECE « Missed Opportunities and New Perspectives »
“Missed opportunities and new perspectives” is the title given to the 2006 Annual Assessment on Global Governance published by the Secretariat of the Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE). This 26 page document was produced in cooperation with Dr. Charlotte Kreuter Kirchhof. It deplores the missed chances for improving Global Governance in the course of 2006 – the suspension of the WTO … Continue reading
01/02/2006
Global Governance Assessment 2006 – Missed opportunities and new perspectives (EN)
12/10/2005
Discussion on the situation in the Spanish Autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla at the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 12 October 2005 (EN)
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Bishops from Europe and the USA meet to foster partnership
At the first meeting of its kind, bishops from the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) and from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) came together to reflect upon some of the world’s major problems within the context of the transatlantic relationship. The meeting took place from 21-23 September 2005 in Brussels. “We are here to foster better understanding … Continue reading
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COMECE President calls for the immediate release of Archbishop Jovan in Macedonia
Bishop Josef Homeyer, President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), today sent a letter to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President-in-Office of the European Council, to the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, and to the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, alerting them to the imprisonment of Archbishop Jovan Vraniskovski of Ochrid … Continue reading
14/06/2005
Statement on the current situation in the European Union (EN)
14/06/2005
Communication on the Hague Programme – Ten Priorities for the next five years – The Partnership for European renewal in the field of Freedom, Security and Justice [COM 2005, 185] (EN)