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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Our web
page http://www.euprayer.com/ Other
language EU News http://www.euractiv.com/ [fr] [de]
PRIMARY SUBJECTS
1 PRAY FOR THE EU DAY, FIRST
2.30 JUNE COULD BE
SET AS DEADLINE FOR CONSTITUTION
3 IRISH EXPECTED TO PUSH FOR EARLY TREATY DEAL
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6 COMMISSION PRESIDENT CANDIDATES [2
ARTICLES]
7 HOW WIDE THE EU – “CHARLEMAGNE’
8. POTENTIAL
EPP EU PARTY SPLIT IMPACT
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2 MAY 2004 Special Prayer for the EU
Flemish Evangelical
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.
HELP FOR
PRAYING FOR THE EUROPEAN
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 that God will not allow agreement
on the Constitution until He is happy with the document.
4.
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.
5.
PRAYER ISSUE how much power should
larger nations have over the smaller one, in voting power in EU organisations?
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30 June could be set as deadline for
Constitution
A week marked by intense bilateral negotiations ahead of the European Council could see major progress in the talks on the EU Constitution.
Date:
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/1?204&OIDN=1507406&-tt=
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Irish expected to push for early treaty deal - 24.03.2004 - 09:54
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The Irish EU Presidency is expected to recommend to EU
leaders tomorrow in
Article >> http://euobs.com/?aid=14917&rk=1
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The leaders of
complete work on the EU Constitution by June this year.
Article >> http://euobs.com/?aid=14913&rk=1
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Poles pave way for talks on EU superstate
By Kate Connolly in
(Filed:
Negotiations on a new constitution for the European Union
were dramatically revived yesterday when
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Under the current
proposed constitution, most EU decisions would be adopted by a majority of
member states representing 60 per cent of the population.
Diplomats are
forecasting a compromise at around 64 per cent of the population and 54 per
cent of states required to take a decision, with the new system taking effect
in 2014.
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appearing on telegraph.co.uk is the copyright of Telegraph Group Limited and
must not be reproduced in any medium without licence.
For the full copyright statement see Copyright
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ASK GOD HOW TO PRAY and pray that His
[God’s] position is successful in the Council or that it otherwise not proceed
on to constitutional agreement.
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NEW COMMISSION PRESIDENT: Jacques Delors:
Commission President must serve member states
09.03.2004 -
http://euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=14723
EUOBSERVER /
The theme of who should succeed centre-left Italian Romano Prodi is one of the big issues facing EU leaders in the
coming months. Mr Prodi's
term at the head of the
For his part, Mr Delors presided over the
Commission (1985-1995) during the heady days of European integration and
oversaw the introduction of the single market and the
Written by Honor Mahony
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Two Commission president frontrunners drop out of race
10.03.2004 -
http://euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=14740
Two of the frontrunners for the top job in the EU - the president of
the European Commission - have apparently ruled themselves out of the race.
Former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, whose
candidature was torpedoed ten years ago by the UK as he was considered
"too federalist", said on Tuesday (9 March) that "remakes are
the worst films that there are".
Similarly,
Jean-Claude Juncker, the Luxembourg prime minister
whose name has been mentioned most frequently as a possible successor to Romano
Prodi said, at the same press conference in Brussels,
"I will not be in the Commission".
Other names in the hat include justice and home affairs Commissioner Antonio Vitorino, former Finnish prime minister Paavo Lipponen and Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel.
PRAY that a Godly man and the right man
be selected for this critical post in the EU.
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Charlemagne
Wider still and wider
http://www.economist.com/World/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2502990
Mar 11th 2004
From The
Economist print edition
Where do the
eventual boundaries of the European Union lie?
[Closing comments
from “Charlemagne” article. Read full article on noted web page above]
The question of
European values may be the most sensitive of all. Some people in today's EU may
believe that the borders of Europe are those of traditional Christendom, but
this position has never been formally endorsed by EU leaders. They are
understandably wary of ethnic- or religion-based definitions of Europe. After
all, today's Union already has millions of Muslim and black citizens. Two
possible future members, Albania and Bosnia, are mainly Muslim by heritage.
Instead the EU defines itself as a “Union of values”. Any European country that
embraces democracy and human rights is fit for membership.
Citing national
interest or public opinion might seem a standard procedure in discussing a
far-reaching foreign-policy decision in a nation-state. But it is regarded as
barely respectable in the multinational European Union. The EU is comfortable
talking about values, but uncomfortable talking about interests. And it has
consistently been built over the heads of its citizens. Although all ten new
members held referendums to approve their entry, voters in the 15 existing
members were not consulted. Opinion polls in France show strong opposition to
this enlargement. But when the French government tentatively floated the notion
of holding a vote to approve it, this was swiftly denounced and quickly
dropped. Whether such high-minded elitism will be enough to drive through the
even more controversial enlargements to come must be open to question.
Copyright © 2004
The Economist Newspaper and The Economist Group. All rights reserved.
PRAY that the view of the citizens of
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EPP will remain the leading party
in Europe”
EU – Party © B&NNS Radio International.
Danish and
international news for today Wednesday, March 10, 2004,
Editor and
presenter: Julian Isherwood
The leader of the largest group in the European
Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering says that the centre-right EPP will remain the
leading party in Europe, irrespective of whether some MEP's leave the group. His comments come as rumours circulate of
a new centrist federalist group emerging after next June's European Parliament
elections.
The likelihood of such a group being set up
increased after a meeting at the beginning of March between European Commission
President Romano Prodi, the European liberal leader Graham Watson and François
Bayrou, head of the Union for French Democracy. Some in the EPP are unhappy at the deal
Pöttering struck with the leader of the British Conservatives Michael Howard,
which allows the Tories to pursue their own eurosceptic agenda while having
access to EPP staff and funding.
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