EU Review & Call to Prayer
(EURCP) - December, 2003
(By Praise &
Prayer Ministries International http://www.EUPrayer.com)
BULLETIN 2 - the
European Union Constitution – Firm National stands will risk December 13
approval date – Study issues for prayer insight
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”
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The European Constitution may well hang on the balance of referenda across various EU member states. Seven countries have already declared that they will consult their citizens. Click here to see the exact situation in each of the 25 EU countries.
Kind regards, The editors, Euobserver
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New Draft Fails to Resolve EU Divisions
By CONSTANT BRAND .c The Associated Press
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A new draft constitution has failed to resolve divisions among European Union governments on a voting system for the enlarged union, with growing signs leaders will miss their weekend deadline for agreement.
Instead nations hardened their positions as they prepared for the summit of EU leaders starting Friday to debate the union's first-ever constitution. EU officials have said about 100 issues remain to be decided, including whether God should be mentioned in the charter and whether there should be majority voting on foreign policy.
The constitution, drafted by a 105-member convention,
reshapes EU institutions to avoid gridlock after the 15-nation bloc takes in 10
new members on May 1. It must be ratified by parliaments and referendums to
take effect on
To bolster
The biggest obstacle to agreement is the proposed voting system, under which decisions would be adopted if at least half the EU members containing 60 percent of the bloc's population voted in favor.
At a summit in Nice, France, in December 2000, the EU agreed to give Spain and Poland, each with about 40 million people, nearly as many votes as Germany, with a population of more than 80 million.
Under the proposed constitution,
Polish President Aleksander
Kwasniewski said Wednesday the leaders should postpone a decision on the voting
reform, indicating
Poland, one of those joining the EU, and Spain say the new voting rules would give too much power to the grouping's ``big four'' of Germany, France, Britain and Italy.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw insisted
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi,
whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency,
said Wednesday he was confident he would solve the voting problem. He told
reporters in
The smaller nations also are demanding seat on the European Commission, despite fears the EU executive body will become too unwieldy with 25 full voting members. Berlusconi said he would propose a compromise on the commission problem.
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende also had problems with the latest draft, saying it did not meet his call for stronger budget deficit rules to underpin the euro currency. ``As presented it is not the right one,'' he said after talks at EU headquarters. ``You can imagine that we will be very busy in improving the text.''
The latest draft, prepared by
European Union members are
They are to be joined by
EU Constitution talks: http://ue.eu.int/igc/index.asp
Copyright 2003 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.
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