EUReview & Call to Prayer (EURCP)

January 13,2006 – Happy New Year

Calling Christians in Europe to pray...before it’s too late

"... that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made... for kings and all who are in authority... “ (1 Tim. 2:1-2)

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PRAYER NEEDS –The EURCP articles below should explain why these types of prayers are important at this time. Read the articles and then pray specifically as God leads – pro or con.

“http” Links will access full articles - summarised below the prayers

 

PRAY that Austria will exercise her Presidency under the guidance of the Holy Spirit

PRAY that Budget will be balanced and the responsibilities rightly distributed in the member countries

PRAY that Former communist block countries now in the EU will have the right kind of influence in EU affairs

PRAY that New Polish President be a positive influence on the affairs of the EU.

PRAY that any leadership changes in major EU nations will be in accordance with God’s plan and timing for Europe.  Seek His will for European leadership!

PRAY that there will be increased use and support of more democratic processes in the EU’s activities and operations. Should there be a new constitution in work?

 

EU GENERAL NEWS & COMMENTARY

EU’s law council ‘to be more open’

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7ba69716-762e-11da-a8a9-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=d4f2ab60-c98e-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html

The EU’s principle law-making body will debate and vote more often in public in an attempt to improve the Union’s image as a democratic institution.

 

Nearly 50% of EU citizens want new negotiations on Constitution

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-151167-16&type=News

Some governments are in favour of relaunching the debate on the future of the Constitutional Treaty..

 

EU sexual equality law to hit golf clubs - 05.01.2006

http://euobserver.com/?aid=20627&rk=1

Golf clubs with one set of rules for men and another for women will fall foul of EU law from December 2007 onward, the European Commission has confirmed.

 

New EU nations fight for funding

http://www.praguepost.com/P03/2005/Art/1208/print_template.php

By František Bouc, Staff Writer, The Prague Post, December 07, 2005

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who helped draft the controversial budget, and the UK must fulfill their EU responsibility, says Paroubek.  With the European Union Summit in Brussels approaching, the Czech Republic and some of its neighbors have voiced concern to Brussels about a proposal that would cut financial support for the 10 new member states.

 

Austria takes helm of troubled European Union

http://today.reuters.co.uk/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=uri:2006-01-01T121453Z_01_MOL144072_RTRUKOC_0_UK-EU-AUSTRIA.xml

Sun Jan 1, 2006 12:15 PM GMT By Mark Heinrich

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria moved into the driver's seat of the European Union on Sunday pledging to give it new momentum after what Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel called "a terrible year" that eroded public trust in the 25-nation bloc. As EU president for the next six months, Austria will aim mainly to help restore growth in western Europe, get a sceptical European Parliament to ratify the bloc's hard-won 2007-13 budget and try to salvage its moribund draft constitution.

 

From Austria, 'new thoughts' for EU

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/01/news/austria.php

By James Kanter International Herald Tribune, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2006

VIENNA Austria plans to revive the moribund European constitution and will promote expansion of the European Union, but it will also raise a critical voice on issues like the involvement of European institutions in the domestic affairs of the 25 member states, according to Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, who took over the six-month rotating EU presidency on Sunday. Following months of bitter contention over the Union's direction, Schüssel, 60, said Europe needed "some moments of fantasy and flexibility and new thoughts." He said he would restart efforts to draft a new constitution at an EU conference on European identity to be held in Salzburg in late January

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The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice is similar to the U.S. Supreme Court in the way it decides how to apply federal-style laws. A recent decision by EU judges to force national treasuries to reimburse companies for tax losses outside of their home countries was among a series of "backdoor decisions of the European court" that Schüssel said served to extend EU law without prior agreement among politicians.

 

EU's year of stress and strain

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4553572.stm

By Mark Mardell Europe editor, BBC News, Brussels 

 

ENLARGEMENT & EASTERN EUROPE

Eastern Europe's Economic Boom The Tiny Tigers

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,druck-391649,00.html

By Marion Kraske and Jan Puhl

Accepted into the European Union last year, the former eastern bloc countries are the latest to capitalize on globalization. Followed by Slovenia and Slovakia, the Baltic States have set a cracking pace with their radical economic reforms. Their fervor is alarming its old-school neighbors in the West..

 

Question marks hang over future enlargement

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-151138-16&type=News| Updated: Wednesday 21 December 2005 Langues / Sprachen: [FR][DE] Enlargement   Friday 6 January 2006 

In Short:

For several member states, the specific issue of launching an EU-wide debate on the future of enlargement is not understood to be an explicit part of the upcoming Austrian Presidency's working programme. However, observers point out that the EU can hardly afford to continue postponing such a debate any further.

 

GERMANY/FRANCE/UK

Sarkozy wants freeze on enlargement and slimmer EU charter

http://euobserver.com/?aid=20675&rk=1

13.01.2006 - 09:56 CET | By Lisbeth Kirk

The French interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, has launched his campaign to become the next president of France by calling for a freeze on further EU enlargement, while proposing a short version of the EU constitution.

 

Sarkozy rebuts the critics who label him far-rightist

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/23/news/france.php.

 

Sarkozy call to help minorities

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4565842.stm

By Alasdair Sandford BBC News, Paris 

Positive discrimination is the only way to guarantee equal opportunities for all people in France, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has said.  Mr Sarkozy says he wants the law to ensure equal opportunities in practice - without introducing ethnic quotas.

 

Merkel Makes Her Mark as Mediator in EU Budget Deal

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1823724,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html

German Chancellor Angela Merkel appears to have been one of the chief reasons the EU managed to agree on a budget deal during two days of haggling at a Brussels summit.

 

Merkel enjoys ratings boost amid recovery

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1327938c-77cf-11da-9670-0000779e2340.html

By Bertrand Benoit in Berlin Published: December 28 2005 18:34

German consumer confidence this month jumped to its highest level since before the introduction of the euro in January 1999, a survey showed on Wednesday. It is the latest indication that a broad-based recovery in Europe’s largest economy could finally be around the corner.

 

EU Budget Deal Costs Germany More Than Expected

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1834806,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html

Praised as a dealmaker par excellence after engineering last week's EU budget compromise, Angela Merkel has drawn the the opposition's ire after it emerged that Germany's payments to Brussels are set to increase.

 

Blair defends rebate concession deal

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/afb41580-728f-11da-9ff7-0000779e2340.html

   By James Blitz,Political Editor Published: December 22 2005 02:00

Tony Blair has hit out at claims that his concession over Britain's European Union budget rebate will end up costing £2bn a year, arguing that the costs could be considerably lower. At last week's EU summit, Mr Blair agreed that the rebate would be cut by £7bn over the next seven years, creating a notional cost to the UK of £1bn a year. This week, however, Gordon Brown appeared to distance himself from the deal when he revealed its full costs. The chancellor said the costs would be "back-loaded", gradually rising from zero in 2008-09 to a full annual cost of £1.9bn a year by 2013.

 

Blair’s ‘legacy’ and European Union budget deal

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2005/December/opinion_December78.xml&section=opinion&col=

 

Cameron says he is breaking with legacy of Thatcher

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/02/ncam02.xml&site=5

By Toby Helm, Chief Political Correspondent (Filed: 02/01/2006)

David Cameron, the new Tory leader, announced a dramatic break with the party's past yesterday as he promised to ditch the ideology of Margaret Thatcher and place the interests of the poor above those of the rich. Stepping up his modernisation drive, he threw out his predecessor Michael Howard's flagship health plans, under which patients would be subsidised for going private, and rejected the notion that the Tories would always stand up for big business.

 

A letter from a German prayer leader

In a message dated 12/23/2005 3:23:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ortwin.schweitzer@T-Online.de writes

Dear Sir,  I am receiving the EURCP regularly and I am reading it (irregularly, - sorry!) with interest. I am appreciating your first-hand good information from Bruxelles.

In the issue of 25th Nov. you are quoting 'The Economist' who thinks that our new government is a desaster. I thought so myself in the beginning. The longer, however, it went my view changed. Today I am praising God’s wisdom.

Let me give you an insight into my perspective. The 'Political Page' (Die 'Politische Seite')is my monthly information letter for praying Christians.

God bless you,  Yours Ortwin Schweitzer

www.beter-im-aufbruch.de.vu   (Die Politische Seite, auch in engl.  u.a.)

[On this link is his letter on Germany’s new government and prayers for it]

 

POLAND

Poland's new president promises active EU role

http://today.reuters.co.uk/PrinterFriendlyPopup.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=uri:2005-12-23T132433Z_01_EIC345852_RTRUKOC_0_UK-POLAND-PRESIDENT.xml

Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:24 PM GMTBy Pawel Sobczak

WARSAW (Reuters) - Veteran anti-communist Lech Kaczynski was sworn in as Poland's president on Friday, promising to help chart the European Union's future while bringing justice and weeding out corruption at home.

 

EURCP SPECIAL        SEMINARY OF PRAYER IN ANDREZIEUX (LOIRE), FRANCE

PRAY for this event which we will be participating in. (from the 16th to the 21st January 2006)

Theme of seminar: Amos 8/11 “Here, the days come, says the Lord, the Eternal, where I will send the famine in the country, not the food shortage of the bread and the thirst for water, but hunger and thirst to hear the words of the Eternal. ” We want hear God’s Word for Europe!

Sentinelle de Prière -:Web page - http://ccea.sentinelles.free.fr/US/

 

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Also contact http://ccea.sentinelles.free.fr/US/ Emmanuel Duvieusart, Pasteur fondateur, email info@sentinelles.info  14 prayer walls in Europe

 

ATTACHMENT – EU Prayer List Summary Poster & National Parliament Prayer Group information

 

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