EU Review & Call to Prayer
(EURCP) – The New European Parliament
(By Praise &
Prayer Ministries International http://www.EUPrayer.com)
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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9 September 2004,
EUReview & Call to Prayer Ministries – Hugh E. and Norma Jenson Davis
Web page http://www.euprayer.com/
Other language EU News http://www.euractiv.com/ [fr][de]
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NOTE
NEWS
New [European] Parliament back to Work [with links]
Week of 5.9.04 in European Parliament [Selected Highlights]
MEPs Consider how to sell European Constitution
MEPs prepare to play a “pedagogical role” in ratification of EU
Constitution
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New Parliament back to work [FR] [DE].
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1?204&OIDN=1508157&-tt
Date:
In short: MEPs
will meet in committees to prepare the questionnaires for the forthcoming
hearings of commissioner candidates and to meet the Dutch ministers in their
respective areas to discuss the programme of the
Dutch EU Presidency.
(PRAY that the questionnaires for the commissioner
candidates will bring out values and abilities crucial to fulfilling God’s
agenda for
Brief news: The Parliament's new
committees start meeting this week. Two main tasks will be on their agendas:
to prepare the questionnaires for the forthcoming hearings of
commissioner candidates
to meet the Dutch ministers in their respective areas to
discuss the programme of the Dutch EU Presidency (1
July-
The hearings of Barroso's chosen team by the specialised
committees are due to take place between 27 September and 8 October (the
specific dates for each committee are not yet fixed). A number of questions
will be asked to each commissioner candidate to determine whether he/she is fit
for the portfolio he or she has been given (see EurActiv,
MEPs in the budget committee will be examining the EU budget
for 2005. Budget Commissioner Michaele Schreyer will
appear before the Budget Control Committee on Tuesday to discuss a report on
the fight against fraud in 2003. There will also be a debate on an Action plan
on Fight against Fraud for the years 2004-2005 and new rules for the protection
of the Community's financial interests.
(PRAY that the budget committee will make wise decisions
and that fraud and any dishonesty will be uncovered and dealt with.)
On 3 September, the outgoing
European Commission is to hold its first weekly meeting after
the summer break and is expected to look at reform of the EU's Stability and Growth Pact (see EurActiv,
Links:
• LinksDossier: New European Parliament
•
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/2536500-220?714&1015=9&1014=ld_newparliament
New Parliament [LINK ABOVE WILL SHOW LINKS BELOW]
In short:
• The newly
elected post-enlargement Parliament will still be dominated by the two biggest
political families. Under the new Constitution, the Parliament will gain in
power but will it be able to deliver?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links
to positions of EU - Political Parties
–
• European
Parliament: European Parliament elections' website
• European
Parliament: Post European elections 2004 survey - Abstention, European issues
[FR]
• European
Parliament: Overview of the European Parliament
• European
Commission: European Political Parties from A to Z
European Political Parties
• European
Socialist Party: Growing stronger together - Five commitments for the next five
years - Manifesto of the Party of European Socialists for the June 2004
• European
Socialist Party: Lessons of the European elections
• European
People's Party (EPP): Manifesto 2004-2009
• European
People's Party (EPP): Action Programme 2004-2009
• European
Liberal Democrat Reform Party (ELDR): Manifesto for 2004 elections
• European
Greens: Manifesto European elections 2004
• The
Greens - European Free Alliance: European elections' results
Profile: Parliament President Josep
Borrell
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This WEEK in the European Union 05.09.2004
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EUOBSERVER / WEEKLY AGENDA (6 - 12
September) - After last week’s frantic activity in the European Parliament,
attention this week turns to the Dutch Presidency as they try to pack a busy
schedule into their "four month Presidency". This week sees three
ministerial meetings, of which the most important is an informal meeting of
finance ministers in the seaside resort of Scheveningen
near
Tough talk on finance
Also on the agenda of this meeting
is the EU's financing from 2007 to 2013 - likely to
be one of the EU’s most controversial issues in
coming years. Those paying most into the EU’s coffers
want to see member states’ contributions capped to one percent of Gross
National Income. But the European Commission argues that the EU’s budget needs to be increased if the EU is to play to
its full potential on the world stage.
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What values for the EU?
Outside the strict ministerial
domain, but still of crucial importance is the series of conferences on
"the politics of European values", the first of which is on Monday (6
September). Dutch Prime Minister
Jan-Peter Balkenende aims to launch a debate about
the basic principles of the EU, the values it represents and their significance
to EU citizens.
Joining Mr
Balkenende for this inaugural conference will be,
amongst others, the President of the European Convention, Valery
Giscard d’Estaing, Latvian President Vaira Vike Freiberga,
Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne
Bondevik and Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin. Mr Balkenende hopes to use the results of the conferences to
launch a similar debate at Head of State and Government level in December.
(PRAY that “European values” will be true, righteous
values that will benefit citizens of
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MEPs consider how to 'sell'
European Constitution
01.09.2004 -
Article >> http://euobserver.com/?aid=17176&rk=1 [Selected excerpts]
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The
European Parliament is hoping to kick-start a Europe-wide debate on the EU
Constitution when it becomes the first parliament to vote on the text at the
end of this year.
MEPs will give their opinion on the Constitution on 15 December
- just six weeks after the document is formally signed in
The European
Parliament "should act as a pioneer” said conservative MEP Inigo Mendez de Vigo, and member of the same committee. "The people that we represent have not read the
Constitution", he said. "We're talking about a very basic level of
knowledge here".
© EUobserver.com 2004
Printed from EUobserver.com
06.09.2004
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MEPs prepare to play a
"pedagogical role" in ratification of EU Constitution
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1?204&OIDN=1508172&-tt=
Date:
In short:
The European Parliament will vote
on the EU Constitution on 15 December, after which the Constitutional Affairs
Committee will begin tours of national parliaments.
Brief news:
The European Parliament will be
the first parliamentary body to approve the Constitutional Treaty, MEPs decided at a meeting of the Constitutional Affairs
Committee on 2 September. The two co-rapporteurs on
the Treaty, Iñigo Méndez de
Vigo (PPE-DE) and Richard Corbett (PSE) emphasised
the need for the European Parliament to take on a "pedagogical role",
which may have a positive influence on the ratification process in the Member
States.
According to the timetable, a
hearing with NGOs would be held on 25 November ahead of the vote at a
Some MEPs
had suggested organising the votes for the week
preceding Europe Day (9 May) in 2005. However, speaking on behalf of the Dutch
Presidency, Foreign Minister Bernard Bot said he did
not support the co-ordination of ratification in the Member States. In his
view, ratification requires a different approach in each country and it is up
to each
Mr Bot was in favour
of a co-ordinated communication strategy ahead of
ratification. He said that an informal ministerial meeting will be held on 5
October to assess efforts made in the area of 'communicating
The ratification of the
Constitutional Treaty will begin after its signing on 29 October in
(CONTINUE TO PRAY that the member states will not
accept the EU constitution until it is what God wants it to be.)
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NOTE [Referenda
on EU Constitution - let the people vote? [FR]
[DE]
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1?714&1015=3&1014=constref
The European
Council adopted the final text of the Constitutional Treaty on
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