EUReview & Call to Prayer (EURCP)

May 2006

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)

Hugh & Norma Davis Publishers

Visit the – “Sentinelles De Priere” – http://ccea.sentinelles.free.fr/US/ [Monthly prayer lists in five other languages available]

Emmanuel Duvieusart, Pasteur fondateur, email info@sentinelles.info  14 prayer walls in Europe 

For Results of EU Prayer Summit April 29 06 contact Warren Carter Warren@d-t-n.org

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PRAYER FOR THE EU: Dear Father in Heaven, may your people who are called by your name, humble themselves and seek your will for the kind of government you want in Europe. We know that unless you build the house it will not last. Give us politicians and statesmen who will do your will and protect your people.

PRAYER NEEDS: Pray after reading the articles below.

EU Operations: Pray for wisdom in economic matters, balance and national rights in court opinions and legislation, citizenship issues, reform and transparency in operations  

Religious concerns: Pray for peaceful resolution of religious questions and recognition of the heritage of European values.

Social concerns: Pray for the resolution of labour unrest and a fair balance of social issues and citizen responsibilities.

EU General: Pray for the leadership of the large EU member nations and that their influence in the EU is one which allows for national variety. Pray for EU leaders that they earn respect for the continent in their policies and utterances. Pray for the right type of constitution at the right time.

EU Operations:

Economists call for political union to prevent euro collapse

http://euobserver.com/9/21414/?rk=1

24.04.2006 - 09:59
Prominent Belgian economist Paul de Grauwe has argued the euro is bound to collapse in 10 to 20 years as there is no clear progress towards a political union in Europe.
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Future EU forum: Commission ready to listen but will citizens speak?

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-153744-16&type=News&Ref=mail

Published: Tuesday 28 March 2006 | Updated: Wednesday 5 April 2006 | Print this article

Langues / Sprachen: [FR][DE]

In Short: A new Commission internet site, available in 20 languages, has been created to start a European citizens forum on the future of the EU after the rejections of the proposed EU constitution in France and the Netherlands.

EU seeks to counter fears of “creeping centralisation”

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-154477-16&type=News

Published: Wednesday 19 April 2006 | Updated: Thursday 20 April 2006 | Print this article

Langues / Sprachen: [FR][DE]

In Short: The Austrian Presidency has organised a conference to discuss how the EU can be brought closer to its citizens and what contributions regions, local authorities and national parliaments can make.

Ombudsman challenges language choice of EU presidencies

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-153810-16&type=News&Ref=mail

MEPs call for blacklist of corrupt governments –

http://euobserver.com/?aid=21340&rk=1

MEPs renew call for greater EU transparency

http://euobserver.com/?aid=21300&rk=1

 04.04.2006 - 17:39
The European Parliament has called on the council of ministers, the union's main law-making body, to open its doors to the public and show how national governments negotiate at the European level.

EU court ‘must heed national feelings’

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/bf6130c8-cfd5-11da-80fb-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=d4f2ab60-c98e-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html

By George Parker in St Pölten Published: April 19 2006 20:00 | Last updated: April 19 2006 20:00

Judges at the European Union’s top court must pay more attention to national sensitivities or risk fuelling growing public antipathy towards the EU, Wolfgang Schüssel, chancellor of Austria, has warned.  Mr Schüssel said the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice must pay more heed to public opinion and refrain from handing down heavy-handed judgments. Austria is current holder of the rotating EU presidency. His remarks, in an interview with the Financial Times, reflect political and business concern that judges at the ECJ tend to interpret European law to achieve maximum EU harmonisation, rather than taking into account national factors.

Setback for Brussels pledge on reform:

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/059bcb84-c8b5-11da-b642-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=d4f2ab60-c98e-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01,s01=1.html

Religious concerns:

Charlemagne -Islam in Europe

http://www.economist.com/World/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=6800741

Apr 12th 2006 From The Economist print edition

Sending a message to the faithful back home “I BELIEVE there is no European Islam,” said Mustafa Ceric, a Bosnian imam, at a meeting of Islamic clerics and advisers in Vienna. Yet two months ago, his supreme Islamic department of Bosnia said that “Muslims who live in Europe have the right—no, the duty—to develop their own European culture of Islam.” Such contradictions are part of a broad debate over the role and character of Islam in Europe, which could have profound implications, and not only because Muslims are the continent's largest minority. It might affect the wider Islamic world if it shows that Muslims can adapt to modern, secular democracies.

Muslim leaders in search of European identity

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-154484-16&type=News&Ref=mail

Pope seeks to bring back Christian values to core EU

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/6c1bfcd6-c053-11da-939f-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=d4f2ab60-c98e-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01,s01=1.html

By George Parker in Rome

Published: March 31 2006 03:00 | Last updated: March 31 2006 03:00

The Pope joined forces with leading European Union conservatives yesterday to call for a restoration of Christian values at the heart of the EU, on a day that cast a further shadow over Turkey's hopes of one day joining the club.

The annual congress in Rome of the centre-right European People's party, the powerful umbrella group that includes many of the EU's ruling parties, heard calls for the club to set a limit to its future boundaries and heavy hints that Turkey should be excluded.

Social concerns:

This WEEK in the European Union - Civil society on future of Europe

http://euobserver.com/9/21403/?print=1

21.04.2006 - 17:17 CET | By Lucia Kubosova

Before the MEPs gather at the Brussels plenary on Wednesday, civil society representatives will debate their views on the future of Europe, at an event held on Monday and Tuesday.

  The "European forum" will be held at the initiative of the parliament's constitutional committee and tackle questions raised by MEPs in their January resolution, such as the ultimate goal of the EU's integration and its role as a global player.

The debate precedes the first inter-parliamentary forum to be held on 8 and 9 May 2006 in Brussels, as well as the June summit of EU leaders that should evaluate the period of reflection set out after last year's rejection of EU constitution by French and Dutch citizens

[Comment] Beyond the European Social Model –

http://euobserver.com/?aid=21331&rk=1

07.04.2006 - 09:53
EU discussions right now focus on the "Nordic model", but perhaps we should be looking west - to Ireland - to find a successfull European social model, suggests Chresten Anderson from Denmark Neil O’Brien from the UK.

Parliament approves plan to promote EU citizenship

http://euobserver.com/?aid=21320&rk=1

05.04.2006 - 17:43
MEPs have hammered out a plan to spend around €200 million on promoting EU citizenship. The programme earmarks seven established pro-European bodies to take part in it but also foresees funding for cross-border projects involving small towns or local sport clubs.

Charlemagne Stability v flexibility

http://www.economist.com/World/europe/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=6768443

Apr 6th 2006  From The Economist print edition

Another sorry chapter in Europe's chronicle of unintended consequences

IN THEIR effort to run caring, efficient societies, European countries combine extensive state intervention in labour and other markets with a strict self-denying ordinance in fiscal and monetary affairs. This combination sounds reasonable. The first sorts of measures embody the kinder, gentler qualities of Europe's “social model”; the second limits financial irresponsibility and should thus safeguard the model's long-term viability.

EU General

Other EU problems should come before constitution, says Barroso

http://euobserver.com/9/21372/?rk=1

- 12.04.2006 - 09:37
European commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has warned against member states trying to revive the EU constitution before other European problems are solved.
 

Juncker proposes Council of Europe membership for EU

http://euobserver.com/9/21377/?rk=1

 12.04.2006 - 09:41
Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister of Luxembourg, has proposed that the EU become a member of human rights watchdog  the Council of Europe, in a bid to strengthen ties between the two organisations.

Berlin wants EU constitution adopted under new name –

http://euobserver.com/?aid=21342&rk=1

07.04.2006 - 09:29
Germany wants to have the EU constitution ratified across the EU by 2009, suggesting a change in the name of the charter to "Basic treaty for Europe," according to a German daily.

Five easy ways for the EU to improve its image

http://financialtimes.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=FT.com+%2F+Europe+%2F+Brussels+briefing+-+Five+easy+ways+for+the+EU+to+improve+its+image&expire=&urlID=17987818&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2Fb3cc0604-d078-11da-b160-0000779e2340%2Cdwp_uuid%3Dd4f2ab60-c98e-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01%2Cs01%3D1.html&partnerID=1743

By George Parker in Brussels Published: April 20 2006 16:29 | Last updated: April 20 2006 16:29

This week in a futuristic conference centre in St Pölten, a small town in the hills of Lower Austria, some of Europe’s brightest political brains grappled with the question of how to put the EU back in touch with its citizens.

For Europeans, unpalatable options

The big three countries of Continental Europe all seem to be in the grip of a political paralysis.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/13/news/europe.php

BERLIN With this week's extremely close election in Italy, the big three countries of Continental Europe all seem to be in the grip of a political paralysis. "Everybody in Europe agrees that things can't go on the way they are going," said Wolfgang Nowak, a German economist who heads the Deutsche Bank's International Forum. He was referring to the near zero-growth economies with high deficits, rigid labor markets, intractable levels of unemployment and social welfare budgets that are increasingly difficult to afford.

Finnish and Hungarian heads of state discuss future of EU

www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english

Subject: Hungary and Finland support strong European Union

Date: 3/30/2006 1:33:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

More good information for European Christians

From CARE impact direct

European Parliament Written Declaration (no20) on Reproductive Health

Date: 4/21/2006 2:29:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

Following the European Parliament Hearing which CARE for Europe co-hosted on the 8th March, a group of MEPs have tabled a Written Declaration highlighting the fact that the term 'reproductive rights' includes access to abortion on demand, and calling for the European Parliament to "ensure that health, including reproductive health, policy remains an issue of national subsidiarity". It also requests that the European Union avoid promoting controversial reproductive health policies in overseas aid. The full text of the Declaration can be found at www.careforeurope.org.

[CARE urges] Please consider writing to your MEP/s to encourage them to sign this Written Declaration (referenced as 0020/2006). You can find the names and email addresses at www.europarl.org.uk

From: impact.direct@care.org.uk

From YWAM weekly word

 “We do not know what the future of Europe will be. Here we must agree with Toynbee, that the fate of a society always depends on its creative minorities. Christian believers should look upon themselves as just

such a creative minority, helping Europe to reclaim what is best in its heritage and thereby to place itself at the service of all humankind.”

   Jeff Fountain YWAM Europe

To subscribe, send a blank email to: weeklyword-subscribe@list.ywameurope.org

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From JOEL NEWS

To help Christians discover the potential of the Web and to mobilize the digital outreach potential of the worldwide church, The Internet Evangelism Coalition (IEC) calls for an Internet Evangelism Day on May 7, 2006, and

set up a special website with testimonies and resources. The IEC is an umbrella group of Christian organizations who share a vision for online

outreach. Source: http://ied.gospelcom.net  From JOELNEWS - a free 2-month
trial subscription at http://www.joelnews.org/subscribe.htm

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