EUReview & Call to Prayer (EURCP)
Our
primary purpose is not to advocate
issues, but a call to prayer about issues - issues that might
impact the Christian community of
The EU is
at a pause or a new beginning. Our one comment is that Europeans have
demonstrated a need to know more about what the issues are and what the
recommendations are. This may take some time and some discussions between east
and west
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Information
from these ARTICLES with some with links [in FR and DE included] and prayer
requests
Analysis:
Juncker in blistering attack on Blair [EUObserver]
Blair Casts
Himself As EU Reformer [AP]
“Marriage"
Resolution Seen as Threat to Religious Freedom [ZENT]
Blair sees
way out of EU budget impasse [EurActiv]
The book
that shaped
The European
Evangelical
How is the
Commission's work organised? [EUROPA]
The Word to pray [1 Timothy 2: 1
"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all
who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
godliness and reverence." [Prayers that 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. If you ABIDE in Me, and My Words ABIDE in
you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you” [The
conditions for freedom] 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.”;also
Psalms 9:11-19 and 10:12-18
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Analysis:
By Robin Oakley CNN European
Political Editor
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/10/britain.oakley/index.html
Bombings dominated Friday's papers
but Blair managed to keep G8 summit on track.SPECIAL
REPORT
[SEE LINK FOR FULL ARTICLE – SECOND EXCEPRT BELOW]
But what effect will the
The European leaders who were not
at Gleneagles have been swift to signal their support and solidarity for
And it seems likely that the "Gleneagles effect"
could play for a while in European politics too. There will be no more of Jacques Chirac's cheap gibes at
the trustworthiness of a nation which cooks in British style. The French
president was the very model of a senior statesman at Gleneagles, helping to
forge a compromise with President Bush on climate change.
Though politics rarely takes long to shake back into its
normal patterns it will hardly seem the time for other European leaders to
renew their assaults on the British budget rebate and there will be a greater
impetus to achieve a compromise deal.
There will too be a renewed opportunity, which Blair is likely to grasp with
relish in the chair, to drive forward European co-operation on counter
terrorism.
Pray That the right EU leadership emerge from
the complex events in Europe
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10.07.2005 By
CONSTANT BRAND .c The Associated Press
[PORTION OF LATE NEWS BULLETIN]
LUXEMBOURG (AP) - Luxembourg
approved the European Union's proposed constitution Sunday despite uncertainty
over its future, prompting the nation's premier to say it had put the charter
``back on the European agenda'' after recent rejections.
Pray that God continues to send his signals to
his children for prayer
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Juncker
in blistering attack on Blair
23.06.2005
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Article
>> http://euobserver.com/?aid=19401&rk=1
EUOBSERVER
/
In an hour-long account
to MEPs on Wednesday (22 June), Mr
Juncker accused Mr Blair of
using false arguments about the scale of farming subsidies and being misleading
about the presidency’s proposals to try and forge a deal.
The
"It
is not true that the presidency wanted to kill the British cheque.
We wanted to maintain it unchanged for the 15 old member states but give it
greater solidarity with the new member states".
In an indirect reference
to Mr Blair who will address the parliament on
Thursday morning, Mr Juncker
then said "I am telling you this because no one else will and because you
are likely to hear other explanations in the future".
He
went on to indicate that
Mr Juncker also rejected Mr Blair’s assertions that seven times more is being spent
on farm subsidies than on research and development. "The CAP is the only
real community policy entirely financed by the EU budget. Research is
essentially a national budget, supported by the European budget. You cannot
compare the two", he said.
©
EUobserver.com 2005 Printed from EUobserver.com 25.06.2005
[FOR FULL ARTICLE GO TO LINK AT
START]
Pray again that the right leadership emerges in
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Blair Casts Himself As
EU Reformer
By BETH GARDINER
.c The Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - British
Prime Minister Tony Blair emerged from a bitter European Union summit defiant
and calling ever more loudly for fundamental reform of the floundering bloc.
Blair was unapologetic after what began as a fight about
money turned into a showdown over sharply divergent visions of the EU's future, fueled by growing tension between the British
leader and French President Jacques Chirac. Blair's defense of
Chirac blamed
``The European Union as an idea
makes sense in today's world, but it has to constantly have the ability and the
energy to renew itself,'' he argued. ``It can either renew itself or it's going
to find itself in increasing difficulties.''
[FOR FULL ARTICLE GO TO AP]
Copyright 2004 The
Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior
written authority of The Associated Press.
All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.
Pray again that the right leadership emerges in
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“Marriage" Resolution Seen as Threat
to Religious Freedom
Pro-Family Group Protests Move
BRUSSELS, Belgium, JUNE 17, 2005 (Zenit.org, Vatican).- The
passing of an anti-discrimination resolution in the European Union could end up
violating religious freedom by imposing homosexual marriage, warns a pro-family
association.
The European Parliament on June 8
adopted a report on the protection of minorities and anti-discrimination
policies in the European Union, written by Claude Moraes,
a Socialist from the
Fallout in education
The inclusion of Paragraph 22 in
the report indicates that the European Parliament believes that freedom of
religion involves discrimination and homophobia, citing the field of education
ZE05061708.
[[FOR FULL ARTICLE GO TO ZENIT]
Pray that the laws of
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EU 2 VISION
EU leaders fail to reach a deal on the budget framework for
2007-2013. Jean-Claude Juncker admits that
Constitution
http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-141184-16&type=News&_lang=EN&email=7581
In Short:
EU leaders fail to reach a deal on the budget framework for
2007-2013. Jean-Claude Juncker admits that
Positions: Luxemburg
Prime minister and EU President Juncker admitted that
there were "two conceptions of
1.] the countries that want a big free-trade zone (led by the
2.] those countries wanting to have a more politically integrated EU (with
French President Chirac "deplored" the
Pray that the political, economic and social
forces in
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Blair sees way out of EU budget impasse
http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-141264-16&type=News&_lang=EN&email=7581
Published:
Brief News:
Tony Blair did not seem to have a
hard time convincing his home crowd in the House of Commons of the good reasons
for the
"Our position therefore was not to refuse any change to the rebate,
to rule out a discussion, or to disown our responsibility to pay for the
enlargement of
This midterm review, too vaguely formulated at the summit
in Blair's mind, would be after the French presidential elections in 2007.
Blair also put forward figures explaining that the present budget is a bad deal
for the new member states.
PRAY that Europeans can correctly choose
between a cooperative group of unique nations and a closely integrated union
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The book that shaped
Jeff Fountain YWAM Europe, “w e e k l y
w o r d” 27 Jun/05
WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION WE
THREADED OUR WAY THROUGH THE STREETS AND CANALS OF
The purpose of the tour, I had explained, was to stimulate
awareness of
--SKIPPING DOWN TO LATER PARAGRAPHS--
Many European languages were fundamentally shaped by Bible
translations into the vernacular. That
was true of John Wycliffe's English translation, Martin Luther's German
translation and the Statenvertaling in Dutch. It was
also true of the much earlier efforts of Ulfilas
giving the Goths the Scriptures in their own language, and of Cyril and Methodius doing the same for the Slavs. Such translations
gave a standard reference for the development of nation-wide uniformity instead
of countless local dialects, and became the source of many proverbs and sayings
embedded into European languages and thought patterns.
The Bible inspired the vast majority of European art and
literature up until modern times,
including such artists as Michaelangelo, da Vinci, Rembrandt and even van Gogh, as well as a host of
writers including Shakespeare, Milton, Donne and Herbert. It had shaped the
development of politics, inspiring the separation of powers in Reformational times between the executive, legislative and
judicial branches of government, reflected throughout the world today in
democracies. Many parties today draw their primary political inspiration from
biblical wisdom. Most of the founding fathers of the European Coal and Steel
Community, the forerunner of the European Union, consciously understood their
efforts to be towards the reconstruction of
And on we could go: hospitals and nursing, the abolition of
slavery, the emancipation of women, laws to protect the working man and woman,
the development of trade unions, many philanthropic and service organisations from Alcoholics Anonymous to the Red Cross,
were all directly or indirectly inspired by this unique book.
Shouldn't Bible museums be places
to make people think about such things? After all, 'museum' comes from the word 'muse', to think.
Perhaps such stimulation was there to be found, but we missed it. Of course,
the Bible has not been the only influence on
worshipped before the Bible was introduced are returning in new
seductive guises. Witness the Da Vinci Code.
Over the next two weeks, however,
as we travel through
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Pray That God will order events so that the
Bible or Christianity will be elevated as a major force to be recognised in the constitution of Europe
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The European Evangelical
New Missions
Strategy Adopted During General Assembly
2038-01-18
[CONTACT BY EMAIL FOR FULL ARTICLE]
pauline@christianpost.com
The next EEA
General Assembly will be held in October 2004 in
Copyright ©
2005 The Christian Post. Click for reprint information
Pray that the Christian organisations
of
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How is the Commission's work organised?
http://europa.eu.int/institutions/comm/index_en.htm
It is up to the Commission President to decide which
commissioner will be responsible for which policy area, and to reshuffle these
responsibilities (if necessary) during the Commission’s term of office.
The Commission meets once a week,
usually on Wednesdays in
The Commission’s staff is organised in departments, known as ‘Directorates-General’ (DGs) and ‘services’ (such as the Legal Service). Each DG is
responsible for a particular policy area and is headed by a Director-General
who is answerable to one of the commissioners. Overall coordination is provided
by the Secretariat-General, which also manages the weekly Commission meetings.
It is headed by the Secretary-General, who is answerable directly to the
President.
Limiting the size of the Commission
A Commission with too many members will not work properly.
There is at present one commissioner from each EU country. When
Pray that the issue of national representation
is resolved the way God wants it. Ask if it necessary for less than 27 voting
members? The Commission carries a lot of power and responsibility over the
nations of
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