EURCP March 2010

Headline Euro Crisis And Greece Facing Strict Surveillance From Brussels

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1   Time & Space – Weekly word

Date: 2/28/2010 9:53:29 P.M. Central Standard Time

From: jeff@ywam.eu

All across Europe we face pressing issues concerning our future. Where and when can we find the time and space to reflect on these issues, to read, pray and discuss with others about what we can do to help shape the future?

     How should we be responding to the presence of Islam in  our cities? to the all-pervasive and intimidating influence of secularism? or to the still-rising tide of alternative spiritualities and their evangelists like Madonna and others? Where do we see God at work in Europe today? What are his purposes for Europe tomorrow? And where do we fit into his these plans?

   Come, join us this summer and see for yourself!

Till next week,

Jeff Fountain, YWAM

 

 

1   Praying at the Gates of the European Union

Last update - 17:11 04/06/2008    

Rabbis launch 'prayer for Europe' at EU ceremony 

 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/990194.html

By Reuters 

Jewish leaders will launch a new prayer for Europe on Wednesday at a ceremony inaugurating Brussels' main Orthodox synagogue as "The Great Synagogue of Europe." European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has been invited as a guest of honor at the political-religious event, organized by the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) and Belgium's Jewish community.

"Lord, bless and protect Europe and all the residents of the European Union," says the prayer, penned by the chief rabbi of the French city of Strasbourg, seat of the European Parliament

 

1   8th Annual European Prayer summit in Brussels, 9-11 April, 2010

You can now register for the next European Prayer summit to be held in Brussels. This will be our 8th consecutive prayer summit and will focus on prayer for Europe and its relations with Israel.

   As a new team of leaders in the European Union starts to formulate its policies towards Israel, and European plans for dividing up Jerusalem are being made public, we feel it is vital as God’s people to come together and stand in the gap in prayer. Space is limited, so please register today to ensure your place in the Prayer summit.

Contact: www.globaldayofprayer.com 

The account details are: “Prayer Belgium”, 979-6353088-78.Information? Ignace Demaerel, tel 02/2452512 ;e-mail http://www.pray4belgium.be/mail/index.php

 

2   EU shies away from sanctions in 'Europe 2020' plan [de] [fr]

 http://www.euractiv.com/en/priorities/eu-shy-away-sanctions-europe-2020-plan

Published: 11 February 2010

EU President Herman Van Rompuy has proposed to reward European governments with extra funding if they meet their commitments under the new 'Europe 2020' strategy, according to a paper seen by EurActiv. Member states will not be punished for missing targets, but could be publicly chastised for failure to deliver.

TARGETED PRAYER- Pray that the new presidential office gains the respect it needs.

 

2  Spain presents deficit plan to Brussels

http://euobserver.com/9/29408/?rk=1

04.02.2010 - 09:26

The Spanish government presented its stability programme to the European Commission on Wednesday (3 February), outlining a timetable to rein in an excessive deficit that reached 11.4 percent of gross domestic product last year.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE – Pray for the staff of the Spanish Presidency and its financial planners

 

2  European Commission Consultation on the Future “EU 2020” Strategy

http://pr.euractiv.com/press-release/european-commission-consultation-future-%E2%80%9Ceu-2020%E2%80%9D-strategy-13166

Published by CPME on Friday 05 Feb 2010 

The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) aims to promote the highest standards of medical training and medical practice in order to achieve the highest quality of health care for all patients in Europe. CPME is also concerned with the promotion of public health, the relationship between patients and doctors and the free movement of doctors within the European Union. CPME’s members are the most representative National Medical Associations of 27 countries in Europe and works closely with the National Medical Associations of countries that have applied for EU membership as well as specialized European medical associations.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE – Pray for the commissioners responsible for setting of new goals fo the EU in 2020

 

2   Greece economic crisis could signal trouble for its neighbors

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903946_pf.html  

By Anthony Faiola

Washington Post Foreign Service

Wednesday, February 10, 2010; A01

 

ATHENS -- Europe scrambled for ways to prop up Greece's crumbling government finances Tuesday, restoring some stability to this unlikely keystone of the global financial system and sending markets higher around the world. But the underlying economic problems facing Greece and some other European countries mean that radical cutbacks in government spending and more social pain are likely to follow as these countries move to avert a sovereign debt crisis, in which nations find themselves unable to pay on their obligations.

      Reversals of fortunes have come fast and hard, and nowhere more so than Greece.

This Mediterranean country dumped its own currency, the drachma, in 2001 in favor of the European Union's new currency, the euro. As a result, it gained unprecedented footing in financial markets. With Greek debt backed by the rock-solid euro, Athens raised billions from foreign pension funds and global banks at interest rates nearly as low as those offered to Germany, the fiscally conservative titan of Europe. Flush with easy money, government spending soared and the economy boomed.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE - Pray for the chairman to insist in credibility in selection of items in budget and its impact on the EU as a whole

 

3    Wilfried Martens Re-Elected EPP President For A New Term – Bonn Congress

http://pr.euractiv.com/press-release/wilfried-martens-re-elected-epp-president-new-term-%E2%80%93-bonn-congress-12599

published by EPP on Thursday 10 Dec 2009 

The former Prime Minister of Belgium, Wilfried Martens, was re-elected today for a new 3-year term as President of the European People’s Party (EPP). President Martens (73) received the overwhelming support of delegates (92 per cent) on the first day of the two-day EPP Congress, which is taking place in Bonn, Germany in the historic former Bundestag building. The Congress is hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

 TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE – Pray for the EU Parliament President who is a serious Christian and that he seeks to be guided by the Holy Spirit

 

3   Implementing the Lisbon Treaty ‘Special Week’ coverage

 http://pr.euractiv.com/press-release/implementing-lisbon-treaty-%E2%80%98special-week%E2%80%99-coverage-12383

Published by EURACTIV on Friday 27 Nov 2009 

EurActiv, the independent media portal specialised in EU policies, will be running special coverage on Europe’s new treaty from 30 November to 4 December.

 

With EU leaders now having decided who their first permanent president and foreign policy representative will be, attention is now focusing on what concrete changes the treaty will bring to EU policy.

The EurActiv special week will feature interviews with prominent Brussels think tanks and analysts on what the changes will bring to EU policy-making. It will also go into the nitty-gritty of inter-institutional relations, with a particular emphasis on the European Parliament, which gains new powers under the Lisbon Treaty

The special week coverage will feature on EurActiv’s ‘EU Priorities & Opinion’ section, which is supported by Coca-Cola, IBM, Enel and Speak up Europe. The section is available free of charge in three languages at the following address: http://www.euractiv.com/en/opinion [FR] [DE

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE – Pray for the initiation of the new policies for the EU

 

3   Parliament gives green light to Barroso II [de] [fr]

 http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/european-parliament-gives-green-light-barroso-ii

Published: 09 February 2010

The European Parliament overwhelmingly approved the new European Commission led by President José Manuel Barroso today (9 February), clearing the way for the EU executive to take office nearly four months behind schedule.

BACKGROUND

The European Commission has far-reaching powers to initiate legislation and to provide oversight of existing laws on issues ranging from mergers and acquisitions to trade, financial market regulation, economic and monetary affairs and the environment.

It consists of one commissioner from each EU member state, each of whom holds a portfolio and is expected to act in the interests of the EU and its 500 million citizens, without following any national agenda.

   The Commission was scheduled to take office in November but approval was held up by delays in signing the EU's Lisbon reform treaty, amid disputes over who would fill two top-level EU jobs and due to Parliament's opposition to Bulgaria's original candidate.

    Before the vote, MEPs discussed with Barroso his new team and its division of responsibilities, as well as a new Framework Agreement: the legal basis governing relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (EurActiv 29/01/10).  

    Legislators voted 488 to 137 in favour of the 26-person team put forward by Commission President Barroso, a move that was widely expected after the Portuguese replaced one of his original nominees last month following MEPs' opposition.

TARGETED PRAYER - Pray for the continued success of the selected team

 

4. European higher education faces budget cuts

 15.02.2010 - 09:23

http://euobserver.com/9/29371/?rk=1

The global economic crisis has led to budget cuts in the education sectorin member states across the European Union at a time when the bloc isseeking to boost its economy by, among other things, putting educationcentre of its new economic strategy. Spanish education minister Angel Gabilondo, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, has called for education to be "at the heart" of the European Union's 2020 Strategy - a 10n-year programme to boost the European economy. The strategy is to replace the Lisbon Agenda, expiring this year, and is due to be signed off by EU leaders in June.

 The European Students' Union is calling for a constant flow of financial resources for universities (Photo: European Commission)  However, European economies badly hit by the world financial crisis are cutting back on public funds for their education sector or demanding more for the same amount, leading to academic staff lay-offs and a decline in teaching standards

TARGETED PRAYER- Pray  

 

4. Czech court bans far-right Workers Party

-http://euobserver.com/9/29511/?rk=1-

19.02.2010 @ 09:26 CET

The Czech Republic's top court has banned a far-right political group, the first time a party has been banned in the country since its separation from Slovakia in 1993.On Wednesday (17 February), the Supreme Administrative Court (NSS) outlawed the Workers' Party, finding that it deployed racist, xenophobic, homophobic and anti-Semitic language and was a threat to Czech democracy.Roma are frequently a target of the groupThe court agreed with the government, which originally filed the petition, noting its strong links to neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups.

TARGETED PRAYER –Pray for the right balance in these decisions, but to protect the nation

 

  4   Russia: Evangelical Christians at risk from Government

 http://www.mnnonline.org/article/13828

Share ThisPrint ViewMobile VersionPosted: 2 February, 2010

 

Topics in this story:evangelicals, gospel, government, orthodoxt, russia, sgaRussia (MNN) ― Evangelical Christians may be at risk in Russia as Orthodoxy ains more and more governmental favor.

The Liberty of Conscience Institute recently discovered that the Russian government is cozying up to the Russian Orthodox Church in ways that may inhibit religious freedoms. Joel Griffith of Slavic Gospel Association says there is reason to be concerned.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUES: Pray for the Evangelical Church of Russia that God would protect it and allow religious freedom. (Ep.4:16)

  

4  Mercy killers to face the full rigour of criminal law, says DPP

 http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article7040138.ece

From The Times February 25, 2010

Mercy killers will face the full rigors of the criminal law under guidelines to be announced today by the Director of Public Prosecutions. But people who answer a loved one’s request to assist them in committing suicide are unlikely to be prosecuted, Keir Starmer says. Writing in The Times today, he makes clear thathis final revised policy on assisted suicide reflects the concerns of the 5,000 individuals and groups who responded to his proposals. And he emphasised that the policy did not cover so-called mercy killing, nor murder or manslaughter

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUES -  Who is the giver and taker of life and under what circumstance can that vary?

 

4  Encourage gay couples to adopt, says top Tory

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8529789.stm

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 1:41 AM on 18th February 2010

Equality promise: Nick Herbert accused the left of taking gay votes for granted

Gay couples should be encouraged to adopt children, a Tory frontbencher suggested yesterday.

In a provocative speech that risked offending some Christians, Nick Herbert also said homosexuality may be 'given by God'.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUES – Pray for leading Tories to explain the problems with this approach.

 

5 [ Comment ] Europe - the missing key to Middle East peace

http://euobserver.com/9/29495/?rk=1

GHASSAN RUBEIZ

17.02.2010 @ 17:32 CET

EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - The latest American Middle East peace initiative has been launched in the absence of change in the attitudes of the protagonists or in the political landscape. Is America gambling with a new round of dead-end diplomacy by packaging old wine in new bottles? The United States urgently needs Europe if it wants to break the deadlocked peace negotiations and Europe needs to take additional responsibility for resolving the conflict. Indeed, Israel may also need to reassess Europe's relevance for its future. War damage in Gaza after Israel's assault in 2009 (Photo: zoriah)

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUES – Pray for the new EU president and his need to see this problem

 

5  Euro-Mediterranean Association of Schools of Public Administration (MEDPAN),

http://pr.euractiv.com/press-release/euro-mediterranean-association-schools-public-administration-medpan-created-brussels-3http://pr.euractiv.com/press-release/euro-mediterranean-association-schools-public-administration-medpan-created-brussels-3

MEDPAN Created in Brussels on 30 November 2009.

Published by EIPA on Monday 07 Dec 2009 

On 30 November 2009, representatives of nine Mediterranean Partner countries, together with those of several EU Member States, met in Brussels for the first General Assembly of MEDPAN – the Euro-Mediterranean Network of Public Administration Schools. The creation of MEDPAN is a result of the long-standing cooperation between the public administration schools and training institutes within the EuroMed

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE – pray for the leadership of these  institutions and that there be Christians among them who will guide some of their policies.

 

 

6  Hezbollah chief Nasrallah meets Ahmadinejad in Syria 

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8539178.stm

Page last updated at 14:36 GMT, Friday, 26 February 2010

 

Hassan Nasrallah (far right) has made few public appearances since 2006

The head of the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has made a rare public appearance in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUES – Closer cooperation between Israeli enemies.

 

7   Ashton tackles Serb tensions on maiden voyage to Balkans

 http://euobserver.com/9/29510/?rk=1

ANDREW RETTMAN

 9.02.2010 @ 09:25 CET

 

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton took aim at Serbian nationalist tensions in the western Balkans in a speech on her first trip to the region.

    Addressing the risk of secession by the ethnic Serb enclave in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, which threatens to undo the country's 1995 peace deal, she said: "Bosnia and Herzegovina can only join the European Union as one country ...Politics of division and flirtations with secessionist rhetoric are as harmful as they are pointless. The EU will never accept the break-up of Bosnia and Herzegovina."

Ms Ashton in Sarajevo on 18 February. She has named Bosnia as one of her top priorities, alongside Iran and Afghanistan (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUES- Pray for the right answers at the right time.

 

 

7  Poland threatens Belarus with EU action after crackdown

http://euobserver.com/9/29477/?rk=1

ANDREW RETTMAN

15.02.2010 @ 17:39 CET

 

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Poland has threatened to freeze progress in EU-Belarus relations and to lobby the IMF to cut off aid following a crackdown on ethnic Poles.Police on Monday (15 February) arrested the leader of the Union of Poles in Belarus, Angelika Borys, along with around 40 other activists on their way to a rally in Valozhyn, in the west of the country.

Pro-democracy protester in Belarus. The Polish ethnic minority is a headache for the authoritarian regime.

 

 

7  Bosnia and Georgia pose threat to EU security, US intelligence chief says –

http://euobserver.com/9/29401/?rk=1

03.02.2010 - 17:23

Potential instability in the Balkans and South Caucasus will pose the main threats to EU security in 2010, a US intelligence report says, while depicting the EU's largest neighbour, Russia, as stuck in a Cold War-era

mentality.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE – Pray for EU international wisdom in dealing with these states.

 

 

7. Georgian president warns Europe against Russian warship deal

http://euobserver.com/9/29507/?rk=1

VALENTINA POP

19.02.2010 @ 09:20 CET

 

Georgia on Thursday (19 February) warned Europe against a proposed French sale of warships to Russia, as it would allow Moscow to invade any former Soviet republic "within hours," echoing concerns raised by Baltic leaders that the deal is in breach of an EU code on arms trade.

   During a visit to London, President Mikheil Saakashvili said that the warship sale was "very risky" and would "reward" Russia's continued military presence in Georgia's breakaway provinces, in violation of a French-brokered ceasefire agreement after a brief war in 2008.  

Mikheil Saakashvili has been declared persona non grata in Russia 

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE – Pray for the military leaders of Europe and Nato.

 

8  Appointment of national MPs to European Parliament would breach the Treaty

http://pr.euractiv.com/press-release/appointment-national-mps-european-parliament-would-breach-treaty-12598http://pr.euractiv.com/press-release/appointment-national-mps-european-parliament-would-breach-treaty-12598

published by ALDE on Thursday 10 Dec 2009 

"If the European Council (10-11 December) agrees a draft protocol on the appointment of French national MPs to the European Parliament, the ALDE Group will insist on the holding of a new Convention", claimed Andrew Duff MEP (UK Lib Dems), ALDE spokesman on constitutional affairs.

    EU leaders this week will be deciding whether to accept a draft protocol, proposed by the incoming Spanish Presidency, for nominating 18 additional MEPs foreseen under the Lisbon Treaty. Article 3(c) would allow some of them to be appointed from the ranks of national parliamentarians as was the case prior to 1979. The protocol must be ratified by all 27 Member States as well as the formal opinion of the European Parliament.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE – Pray for the resolution of this issue in the best interest of all.

 

8  Dutch Government Falls Over Extension of Afghan Stay (Update2)

 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-20/dutch-government-falls-over-extension-of-afghan-stay-update2-.html

February 20, 2010, 11:06 AM EST

By Jurjen van de Pol and Maud van Gaal

 

Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Dutch government collapsed for a fifth time since April 2002 after the Labor Party refused a NATO request to extend the country’s military stay in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province.

“Where trust is lacking, an attempt to reach an agreement on content is doomed to fail in advance,” Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said today after a 16-hour Cabinet meeting in The Hague. “It would just be a prelude to new controversies in the future.”

TARGETED PRAYER – Pray for Dutch political leadership, particularly the Christians you know of.

 

8   Franco-German 10-year plan unveiled

http://euobserver.com/9/29407/?rk=1

- 04.02.2010 - 09:28

Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday are set to unveil their own economic and political strategy document, the "Franco-German Agenda 2020", in an attempt to put some content in the widely advertised but not always smoothly working partnership of EU's two major economies.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE – Pray for a serious response to the Franco-German proposals for the next 10 years

 

9   European Business Sum  2010

http://www.ebsummit.eu/

The EBS is Europe’s key platform for decision makers and business leaders to meet and debate how to 2   Greece economic crisis could signal trouble for its neighbors

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903946_pf.html  

By Anthony Faiola

Washington Post Foreign Service

Wednesday, February 10, 2010; A01

   ATHENS -- Europe scrambled for ways to prop up Greece's crumbling government finances Tuesday, restoring some stability to this unlikely keystone of the global financial system and sending markets higher around the world. But the underlying economic problems facing Greece and some other European countries mean that radical cutbacks in government spending and more social pain are likely to follow as these countries move to avert a sovereign debt crisis, in which nations find themselves unable to pay on their obligations.

TARGETED PRAYER ISSUE  -  Pray for a constructive harmony  in the EU business summit

 

9. Freemasons keen to open office in EU capital

http://euobserver.com/9/29500/?rk=1  - 18.02.2010 - 09:41

ANDREW RETTMAN

18.02.2010 @ 09:41 CET

A French freemason has said that part of the movement is keen to open a bureau in Brussels to lobby against the rising influence of religious organisations in the EU institutions."The masonic orders should practice politics in the positive sense of the term: So that despite their own partisan divisions, they speak out on the side of secularism and voice their disagreement with this or that governmental or European decision," Jean-Michel Quillardet, the former Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France, told Belgian daily Le Soir in an interview out on Wednesday (17 February).

The EU commission should be a secularist body, the freemasons say

.