The COMECE Spring Plenary Assembly opens today. 20 Bishops from all over Europe will attend the 3 day closed meeting, whose main theme is ‘the EU seen from the outside’.
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The lull in legislative activity during the elections and the resulting period of change and adjustment in the EU institutions offers an opportunity to take a look at the European Union from a fresh angle. The theme of the Spring Plenary will be the EU seen from outside: from across the Atlantic in the USA, from the orient and then, through the experience of a senior EU official who implements the policies which shape the EU’s relationship with the wider world. The COMECE Bishops will be briefed by experts from the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a Japanese diplomat as well as a senior official from the EEAS (European External Action service).
They will also be briefed on the current situation in Ukraine, at a closed evening discussion with Bishop Borys Gudziak.
The COMECE Bishops will also issue their Statement in view of the European elections, which will be presented by Cardinal Marx, the President of COMECE, on the occasion of a Press Conference on Thursday 20 March at 14:00 at COMECE.