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EUReview & Call to Prayer (EURCP)- June, 2006

Calling Christians in Europe to pray...before it’s too late

"... that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made... for kings and all who are in authority... “ (1 Tim. 2:1-2)

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Emmanuel Duvieusart, Pasteur fondateur, email info@sentinelles.info 14 prayer walls in Europe

PRAYER NEEDS: after reading the articles below.

PRAYERNEWS

Pray for the new contact group formed last month that it may bring together those of like mind soon.

EUROPES FUTURE;.

Pray that whatever constitution, or similar document, is implemented will be the one God wants.

Pray that God-fearing leaders are moved by the Holy Spirit to lead.

EU OPERATION

Pray that democratic values are preserved to allow full national representation in EU affairs.. .

ENLARGEMENT

Pray that the selection and timing of nations entering the EU is governed by values and conditions that is best for the whole of Europe.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Pray that preserving human life remain high on the human rights agenda

EU POLITICS

Pray that God will guide the political deals and agreements for the good of Europe as a whole. Be specific.

PRAYERNEWS

Possible meeting on prayer support for the European Union

The EURCP met with a group of persons in Strasbourg and Vienna on May 13 and 16, 2006. They were interested in the importance of prayer, and related action, as it relates to the work of the EU. The purpose was to plan for a possible Europe wide meeting before the end of the 2006. Watch for further news.

PRIMARY EU NEWS SOURCES [some with other languages]

Euobserver http://euobserver.com, EUrActiv http://www.euractiv.com/en/, Europa http://europa.eu/

EUROPE’S FUTURE

National parliaments to scrutinise new EU policies?

http://www.euractiv.com/en/constitution/national-parliaments-scrutinise-new-eu-policies/article-155100

Published: Wednesday 10 May 2006 | Updated: Wednesday 10 May 2006 | Print this article

Langues: [FR]

[EURCP NOTE: Could be positive democratic development]

In Short: At the inter-parliamentary debate on the future of Europe, MEPs and members of national parliaments agreed that there is a need for national parliaments to be more involved in European policy-making.

Brief News: A joint debate between members of the European Parliament and national parliaments on the future of the EU was held in Brussels from 8 to 9 May. The involvement of national politicians and national MPs in European decision-making has long been seen as one of the missing links in European democracy.

-Although most national parliaments have standing committees on the European Union, the influence of these committees is quite limited with one or two exceptions such as Denmark. These EU advisory committees cooperate in a body called COSAC, which meets twice per year. The quality of this cooperation in COSAC can be read from the under-developed websites of COSAC itself and its Interparliamentary EU Information Exchange (IPEX) site.

-One concrete result emerging from the two-day joint conference was the setting up of a permanent working group to explore future options for the financing of the European Union. The future Finnish EU Presidency committed itself to hold another joint debate at the end of 2006.

-Commission President Barroso announced that he intends to transmit directly all new policy proposals and consultation documents to the national parliaments for review and reactions.

-During the debate, a majority of parliamentarians expressed their conviction that the moribund Constitutional Treaty should be saved although there was no consensus on how this should be done. "The philosophers' stone allowing us to find the perfect alternative solution ... has not yet been discovered", Austrian Parliament President Andreas Khol said.

EU sets charter crisis deadline

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5026040.stm

By Oana Lungescu BBC News, Vienna

EU officials have given themselves until 2009 to resolve a crisis caused by French and Dutch voters' rejection of the constitution last year. EU foreign ministers concluding talks near Vienna admitted there was no consensus yet on how to move forward.

Some at the talks hinted the new treaty may no longer be called a constitution.

The EU's first-ever constitution was designed to make the bloc work better after its eastward expansion - and its rejection by voters triggered a crisis.

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The clearest result so far has been a slowdown of plans to admit new countries from south-east Europe, to suit the mood of voters mainly in France. The French Minister for Europe, Catherine Colonna, said the EU should make sure its foundations were solid before it started building more floors.

EU may rename constitution in bid to secure approval

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article621202.ece

By Stephen Castle in Brussels Published: 29 May 2006

Europe's constitution may need to have a more modest name before parts of it can be salvaged, EU foreign ministers said yesterday as they agreed to put away the moribund draft treaty for at least another year.

EU constitution features low on citizens' list of benefits for Europe

http://euobserver.com/9/21524/?rk=1

05.05.2006 - 18:52 CET | By Helena Spongenberg

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - A European constitution is low among the issues EU citizens think would be helpful for the future of Europe, according to a new poll published on Friday (5 May). In a special eurobarometer survey on the "future of Europe", a constitution comes in third out a list of six with 25 percent of Europeans thinking it would be helpful.

EU OPERATION

Britain may give up EU veto on justice matters

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/06/neu06.xml&site=5

By David Rennie in Brussels (Filed: 06/05/2006)

Britain is considering giving up its national veto over sensitive decisions involving cross-border police and judicial co-operation in Europe.

Vienna tables plan to open EU ministers' meetings

http://euobserver.com/9/21681/?rk=1

23.05.2006 - 17:32
The Austrian EU presidency has proposed that the Council, member states' decision-making body, holds more meetings in public, according to draft conclusions of the June EU leaders summit seen by EUobserver.

Commission backs French veto reduction idea
http://euobserver.com/9/21477/?rk=1

28.04.2006 - 20:26 CET | By Mark Beunderman [next page]

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – A two-day seminar on the future of the EU saw the European Commission voice support for French proposals to remove national vetoes from the current EU treaties, hoping that 2007 will bring a further "institutional dynamic." Commission officials on Friday (28 April) said that Paris' plans for a smoother-functioning EU, tabled earlier this week, had been briefly discussed by the college of commissioners in Lanaken outside Brussels.

There is "convergence" between the French proposals and commission thinking, they indicated. At the heart of the French idea is the elimination of national vetoes in justice and police cooperation and workers' protection rules, through a legal construction which does not require a change in current EU treaties.

ENLARGEMENT

Analysis: Deciding the EU's borders

http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/analysis-deciding-eu-borders/article-155278

Published: Monday 15 May 2006 | Updated: Monday 15 May 2006

In Short: Is there a French doctrine for the enlargement of the EU, queries Daniel Vernet in this article. There is more than one, he argues. The article was published in The Analyst, a new quarterly focussed on the key political, economic and social developments in Central Eastern Europe.

-Is there a French doctrine for the enlargement of the EU? There is more than one. In fact, there are so many that it is difficult to keep stock of them. Some recent examples reflect uncertainties or even old contradictions. Jacques Chirac, president of the French Republic, has long supported the EU’s enlargement to include Turkey. His main argument is that Turkey has been a secular state, often compared to France and France’ respect for secularity. The fact that a moderate Islamist party ascended to power in Ankara did nothing to change his mind. -On the contrary, it strengthened his conviction that Turkey can serve as a model for other countries with a Muslim majority. He believes the EU should show the way to integrating Muslim communities into the fabric of democracy.

Get on with EU integration, urges Barroso

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article363603.ece

By Stephen Castle in Brussels Published: 11 May 2006

Jose Manuel Barroso, the President of the European Commission, has blamed national leaders for undermining the EU and urged them to declare their commitment to the bloc's next phase of integration.

Mr Barroso outlined plans for an updated version of the Messina Declaration on European integration, which paved the way for the Treaty of Rome, which is 50 years' old next year. And he accused prime ministers of undermining the EU by failing to back pledges with action and using Brussels as a scapegoat for their own failures. "When they have a success they say it is a national success; when they have a problem it is Europe's problem," he said.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UK Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill

Society for the protection of unborn children Email: information@spuc.org.uk http://www.spuc.org.uk

8 May 2006

The leader of the Anglican communion will oppose Lord Joffe's Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill in the House of Lords on Friday. Most Reverend Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, has a seat in that chamber along with 25 other Church of England clerics. He says that compassion for the seriously ill: "... must not be an excuse for sleepwalking into a situation where the ordinary building blocks of trust ... in the whole legal fabric of our society can be abandoned". The Care Not Killing Alliance will deliver a 25,000-signature petition to the prime minister's official home on Friday, when disabled-rights activists will also launch Not Dead Yet to campaign against euthanasia. [Sunday Times, 7 May] Dr Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of the [formerly British] Commonwealth, wrote in Saturday's Times newspaper: "The Jewish tradition, going back many centuries, is strongly opposed to such acts. Life is sacred. It is God's gift, not ours. It is the physician's responsibility to heal, not harm, even if the patient requests it.". Mr David Cameron MP, the leader of the opposition Conservative party, has said he will oppose the bill. [Observer, 7 May]

EU POLITICS

Charlemagne The Angela and José show

http://www.economist.com/people/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=6941999

May 18th 2006 From The Economist print edition

But Helmut and Jacques, they're not

THEY are Europe's odd couple: she, the cautious anti-communist physicist, who wants the European constitution but says economic reform can be delayed; he, the animated former Maoist turned law professor, who bangs on about economic reform but says that the constitution should be postponed. Mismatched as they may seem, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission's president, have struck up the most important political relationship in the European Union.

UK seeks new Anglo-German alliance

http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200605/97700fdf-b464-437c-a186-aa001498b653.htm

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The UK’s new Europe minister Geoff Hoon has pleaded for a “British-German partnership in Europe”.

A WORD FOR THE WISE

Subject: w e e k l y w o r d 2006 - Read the Bible!!!?

Date: 5/22/2006 2:01:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

From: jeff@ywameurope.org w e e k l y w o r d 22 May/06 [SELECTIONS]

1. The Bible was the most important book in history – the writer referred to a recent television series depicting the brutality and immorality of ancient pagan Rome. Even the most hardened atheist would have to admit that the coming of Christianity was a blessing, he wrote. It was still the most exceptional development in world history, claimed the article, proof that faith could truly move mountains: a believing minority developed against all opposition into a powerful, religious movement now with two billion followers worldwide, inspired by the Bible.

2. The Bible had strongly influenced the culture of the fatherland – for centuries, the majority of the Dutch population read daily from the Bible, introducing countless sayings, concepts and proverbs into the language, including Babylonian confusion, Armageddon, Gideon’s band, a judas kiss, good Samaritan, forbidden fruit ***

5. Bible study promoted multicultural dialogue – after September 11, sales of both the Koran and the Bible jumped as Europeans and Americans alike sought understanding of the religious differences. Many western journalists found themselves simply ignorant of the spiritual issues.

Jeff Fountain YWAM Europe

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Also contact http://ccea.sentinelles.free.fr/US/ Emmanuel Duvieusart, Pasteur fondateur, email info@sentinelles.info There are 1900 participants- in 14 prayer walls in Europe

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