EU Review & Call to Prayer
(EURCP)
(By Praise & Prayer Ministries
International http://www.EUPrayer.com)
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The Word
1
Timothy 2: 1,2 "Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications,
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and
all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
godliness and reverence." [Your prayers implement God’s Word]
John 15: 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who ABIDES in Me,
and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can
do nothing. 7. If you ABIDE in Me, and My Words ABIDE in you, you will ask what
you desire, and it shall be done for you”
2Chronicles 7:14 “if My people
who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face,
and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin and heal their land.”
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Other
language EU News http://www.euractiv.com/ [fr]
[de]
PRIMARY SUBJECTS
1 PRAY FOR
THE EU DAY, FIRST
2 THE
COUNT-DOWN CALENDAR TO THE CONSTITUTION
3 UK PREPARES
TO HOLD REFERENDUM ON EU CONSTITUTION
4 EU LEADERS
PROMISE TO AGREE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION BY
JUNE [30]
5 WAY 'CLEARED FOR DEAL ON EU TREATY'
6
The
New 25 Member European Union
2 MAY 2004 Special Prayer for the EU
PRAY that ALL EUROPEAN
CHURCHES will adopt this plan for joint prayer by May 2004; it will make an
essential difference as the politicians plan their various approaches.
Flemish Evangelical
JN473-2. PRAYER FOCUS: Day of Prayer for
European Union1 [9.04.2004]
Christians in
PRAY that the Lord will have His way with the European Union.
PRAY for true
spiritual unity in the Body of Christ in
PRAY for opportunities,
creativity and boldness to preach the Gospel, plant new churches and raise
Up
new leaders.
PRAY for
Spirit-inspired partnership and synergy between ministries all over
PRAY for justice and
integrity in politics, and the election of capable politicians that will
honor God
OTHER PRAYERS
FOR SPECIFIC CONCERNS
1. PRAY that your
national leaders understand the importance of this union to your national
culture and Christian values. [Write them if you doubt this]
2. PRAY specifically
that your members of the Intergovernmental Conference [IGC] and the European
Parliament will work and vote in the best interest of your nation and its best
values.
3. PRAY for and
contact your religious leaders and ask that they will speak out for what is
in the best interest of the churches of your nation.
4. PRAYER ISSUE how
much power should larger nations have over the smaller ones, in voting power in
EU organisations?
The Count-down Calendar to the Constitution
• 1 May: EU enlargement to 25 members
· 2
May Prayer for the EU Sunday
• 9 May:
• 13 May,
• 17-18 May,
• 10-13 June: European elections
• 14-15 June,
• 17-18 June,
• 30 June, IGC Constitution Decision Target day
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UK prepares
to hold referendum on EU Constitution [FR] [DE]
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1?204&OIDN=1507553&-tt=FU
Date:
In short:
An announcement to hold a referendum on the EU Constitution is expected by Tony Blair later this week.
Brief news:
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is set to announce his
cabinet's decision to hold a referendum on the EU Constitution later this week,
British press sources have reported. The
plebiscite would focus on the specific issue of whether the
The announcement would come as a 'U-turn' in Blair's current policies following the advice of his cabinet ministers, including Jack Straw, John Prescott and Gordon Brown and supported by many labour MPs.
If it is to go ahead, British conservatives would be
deprived of an important pillar in their strategy ahead of the European
elections on 10 June and general election in
The EU Constitution is expected to get its go-ahead from EU
leaders during their next summit meeting in June. The negotiations may bring with them the removal of national veto from
certain key areas for
A referendum in the
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EU leaders promise to agree European constitution by
June [FR] [DE]
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1?204&OIDN=1507442&-tt=FU
Date:
In short:
Heads of state and government have pledged to agree on a
constitution for
Brief news:
Heads of states and goverments have unanimously committed themselves to
reaching a deal on the Constitution by their next summit on 17-18 June.
"We all want to see a new constitution in place as soon as we can,"
Bertie Ahern, Irish Prime minister and President of the European Council, told
reporters after the meeting of leaders of the 25 current and future EU Member
States. He set a mid-June deadline for an accord, adding: "It definitely
won't be easy." Pledges of agreement on Constitution from the Spanish
incoming prime minister, Zapatero, and the
subsequently more amenable stance by
The breakthrough on
the constitution came after EU leaders had adopted a Declaration on Combating
Terrorism. Gijs de Vries,
former Dutch interior minister, was appointed as 'Mr
Terrorism'. He will co-ordinate EU action on terrorism and make sure that
Member States implement what has been agreed, under the responsibility of
Javier Solana. The beefed-up Action Plan on Terrorism will be looked at again
during the June European Council (see EurActiv,
EU leaders also underlined the need to ensure that law enforcement agencies (security services, police, customs etc.) cooperate with each other as extensively as possible. High Representative for EU foreign policy, Javier Solana, has been asked to report to the June European Council on how intelligence capacity can be integrated within the Council structure.
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Way 'cleared for deal on EU treaty'
By George Parker in
Published:
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the former French president and architect of the EU constitution, on Tuesday claimed to have brokered a deal that clears the way for the new treaty to be signed in June.
Mr Giscard d'Estaing said
The constitutional treaty, which also creates high profile new posts including a foreign minister and a semi-permanent president, is seen as vital for an EU that will grow from 15 members to 25.
His claim came on the day Tony Blair, British prime minister, confirmed his plan to hold a referendum to ratify the constitutional treaty, which will pit him against a eurosceptic media and hostile electorate.
Mr Giscard d'Estaing, who chaired the convention which drafted the treaty, has been on a tour of capitals trying to ensure the final text is as close to his original work as possible.
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Warsaw will never accept 50/60 voting formula, says Polish Secretary of State
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1?204&OIDN=1507448&-tt=FU
Date:
In short:
After the agreement by EU leaders to bring the IGC to a
close by the June European Council, a Polish government official has indicated the current proposal for double majority is
unacceptable for
Brief news:
On 25 March, EU heads of state and government signalled their "political will", as requested by
the Irish Presidency (see also EurActiv 25 March
2004), to the objective of bringing talks over the EU Constitution to a
conclusion by the June European Council. While the commitment is now there, the negotiation of the exact terms of the
compromise will undoubtedly hold difficult moments.
"The 50/60 double majority formula will never be accepted by Poland," Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Prof. Tadeusz Iwinski said at a Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) event on 26 March. The current proposals in the draft Constitutional Treaty (ie qualified majority decision making with the approval of half of the Member States representing 60 per cent of the bloc's population) "means in practice a very radical shift in power towards the most populous Member States". The idea of double majority "appeared at the very final stage of the Convention. No real debate, let alone a working group, preceded it," said Mr Iwinski (see also EurActiv 22 March 2004).
The outcome of the IGC summit in December 2003 was a
disappointment for
Many compromise scenarios are possible but the one
Another possible scenario would be a system of full proportionality in the Parliament and a system of weighted votes in the Council resembling the German Upper House. This "solution [is] worth striving for but difficult to realise for the time being," concluded Mr Iwinski.
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