EUReview
& Call to Prayer (EURCP)- July, 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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Europe
PRAYER NEEDS:
after reading the
articles below.
PRAYERNEWS
Pray
for the
new contact group formed for Prayer and the European Union. This group was
formed last month to bring together those of like mind in the early fall of this
year. They want to call a Europe wide representative
meeting to unite those who now praying for the EU and expand their influence in
the future of Europe.
See Prayers
from NightWatch, Calling all Nations and Touch the Nations
below,
EUROPES
FUTURE;.
Pray that during the next three years the
next treaty or constitution will have Christian values
included
Pray that God-fearing leaders will be
elected and are moved by the Holy Spirit to lead in God’s preferred direction on
issues which effect religious freedom and democratic influence in the
government.
MORAL SOCIAL
ISSUES – EU IMPACT
Pray
that the
public will reject the “medical experts” view on no-consent euthanasia
Pray
that a
way will be found to control the immigration problem in just way for all.
Pray
for a new
try and success limits on embryo research in European Parliament
PRAYERNEWS
Possible meeting on prayer support for the European
Union
The EURCP met with a group of persons in
Strasbourg and
Vienna on May, 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.
NightWatch For
Europe Information:
For more information email admin@passion.org.uk or see link
www.passion.org.uk/announcemail
Pray For The New Law [Christian
Minorities] In Serbia To Be Reversed
The Vice President of the European Baptist Federation (EBF), Pastor Toma
Magda, has called for Baptists throughout Europe to spend
a week in prayer for the 'disenfranchised Christian minorities of
Serbia'.
The Evangelical
Methodist
Church is also unfairly discriminated
against by the new legislation. They join with the Baptists in calling for this
week of prayer. Pastor Magda, from Croatia, explained how since the passing of
the new laws on Church and religion in April 2006, the small evangelical groups
in Serbia are on much weaker legal footing than officially-recognised religious
organisations. In a written appeal, Magda said, ‘the law has been passed and it
appears as if it could no longer be changed. But we believe in a God who is
greater and has everything under control. He can do miracles.’
Serbia and
Montenegro are
home to approximately 3,000 Baptists in 60 congregations, and the Evangelical
Methodists number about 1,000
Prayer for Calling all
Nations
We are looking forward to a
fantastic day of worship and prayer at the Olympic Stadium,
Berlin on Saturday 15th July..Please go to http://www.bonnen.info/can/ to access the prayer chain online form.
Thanks for your support, Noel Richards
and the CaN Team
European Prayer Letter June
2006
Touch the Nations Team Jun 26,
2006 Prayer e-mail for Europe From: office@touchthenations.org
Europe
Here a vision from Erich Reber from Kingdom Ministries about
Europe that we think is accurate:
- The Lord Jesus is standing in front of the
gates of Europe and
is knocking. He is willing to once again visit the European nations, once again
equip people with the power of his Spirit, so that there will be hundreds of
evangelists like John Wesley. Hundreds of men and women with a healing gift like
that of Smith Wigglesworth, hundreds that are filled with mercy like Mother
Theresa and with energy like Wiliam Booth. Hundreds of heroes of faith and
prayer warriors like John Knox.
Jesus is willing to visit Europe once again, so
that flocks of people will turn to him, accept him as Lord and will follow
him.He saw in a vision that stadiums will be filled and the mighty power of God
will be revealed. He saw how the Lord will give frankness to preach his word and
how healings, signs and wonders will happen.
And he also saw that this tremendous visitation of God will be connected
with strong shakenings....
Prayer :
Take this vision, move it in your hearts. Let the Holy Spirit bring forth
faith for these things in you. Then start to speak according to your faith to
call forth these things in Europe and pray for
them.
For a Europe that will know its Lord.
PRIMARY EU
NEWS SOURCES [some with
other languages]
Euobserver http://euobserver.com, EUrActiv http://www.euractiv.com/en/, Europa http://europa.eu/
EUROPES
FUTURE
Austrian chancellor suggests EU-wide
referendum on constitution
- 12.06.2006 -
09:57 http://euobserver.com/9/21827/?rk=1
The head of the outgoing Austrian EU
presidency chancellor Wolfgang Schussel believes a pan-European referendum could
be a way forward to push the stranded EU constitution into floating
waters.
Leaders chart
future for Europe
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5085772.stm
Last Updated: Friday, 16 June 2006, 16:24 GMT 17:24
UK
EU leaders have set 2008 as a target for making changes to the EU rule
book, which are needed for further expansion. A constitution setting out a
series of such reforms was rejected by
France and
Holland last year, and the EU is
split over whether it can be revived.
Germany will
suggest ways of continuing the reform process next year, with the "necessary
steps" being taken in 2008. The leaders also proposed a list of practical
policies designed to show the EU makes a difference to voters' lives.
In other
decisions, the 25 leaders:
- agreed to televise meetings of EU ministers
- said they would honour commitments made to countries that want to join
the EU
- asked the European Commission to draw up a report on the EU's ability
to absorb new members
- urged
Bulgaria and
Romania to carry
out crucial reforms that will enable them to join the EU on time in January
- said
Slovenia can
introduce the euro in January
- backed a plan for donors to release emergency aid to the Palestinians,
bypassing the Hamas-led government
Absorption
On the question of enlargement, the summit debated how much weight to
give to the EU's capacity to "absorb" new members, amid signs that public
opinion in some Western European countries is cool towards further expansion.
Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel said the leaders had dropped the idea of
making "absorption capacity" an additional criterion for further enlargement.
The leaders asked the European Commission to produce a report this year
to define exactly what absorption capacity is. The President of the European
Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, told the BBC on Thursday that all democracies
had to take account of public opinion. He added that it was possible for
Turkey to join
the EU, but it would be very difficult. "First of all (it will be) very
demanding for them but also demanding for us here to be ready to accommodate
such an important big country that is seen by so many of us as culturally
different from, let's say, mainstream Europe," he said.
Openness
On the constitution, EU members are split between those who would like to
bury it and those who would like to revive it, in one form or another. Some
countries, including the
UK and
Poland, opposed
the idea of setting a timetable for institutional reforms. But
UK Prime
Minister Tony Blair said there was an obvious need to look at how
Europe can operate more effectively when it is expanding
"so greatly". He said the timetable for expansion gave the EU "effectively
another couple of years" to do this.
The leaders' decision to approve a list of practical policies, aimed at
regaining voters' trust after the failure of the constitution, stems partly from
a UK initiative
launched at a summit in Hampton
Court last year. "I think what citizens want out of
Europe is to concentrate on the bread and butter key issues - about the economy,
about illegal immigration, about security - that really worry them," Mr Blair
said. If the EU was seen to be delivering real change for the better, he added,
voters would be more likely to say Yes when asked to approve to institutional
reforms.
Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/5085772.stm Published: 2006/06/16
Constitutional Treaty: the "reflection
period"
http://www.euractiv.com/en/constitution/constitutional-treaty-reflection-period/article-155739
Published: Thursday 1 June
2006 | Updated: Tuesday 13 June
2006 | Print this
article
Langues / Sprachen: [FR][DE]
In Short:After
the rejection of the EU Constitutional Treaty in
France and the Netherlands in late spring 2005, a "period of reflection" on the
future of Europe was
launched to reconnect the citizens with the European project and to decide the
fate of the Constitution. So far, its outcome is uncertain.
Latest & next steps:
15-16 June 2006:
At the summit in Brussels the EU heads of state and government will discuss next
steps on the Constitutional Treaty
July 2006: end of
consultation on Commission communication white
paper
July - December 2006: The Finnish Presidency wants to "start preliminary work
on exploring the options regarding the Constitutional Treaty"
December 2006:
Commission review on the benefits of enlargement and the EU's "absorption
capacity"
25 March
2007,
Berlin: Celebration of 50 year anniversary of Treaty of Rome and,
possibly, solemn declaration on commitment to EU values and objectives (see
EurActiv, 11 May 2006)
June 2007: The German presidency wants to
put forward proposals on how to proceed with the Constitutional
Treaty
End 2007:
possibly end of period of reflection
July-December 2008: possibly concrete steps
by French Presidency on ratification
June 2009:
European Parliament elections; there are also calls for a EU-wide referendum on
the Constitution
An overview of the upcoming EU presidencies
is available here.
EU summit: Extension of reflection period makes
headlines
http://www.euractiv.com/en/constitution/eu-summit-extension-reflection-period-headlines/article-156184
Published: 07:57 | Updated:
09:07 | Print this article Langues /
Sprachen: [FR][DE]
In
Short:
Press commentators agree that the decision to postpone the final verdict
on the shipwrecked EU Constitution until end 2008 is the biggest news having
come out of the summit.
Background:
On 15 and 16 June
2006 EU leaders agreed in
Brussels to extend the "reflection period" on the EU
constitution, to make Council meetings public and to pay more attention
to the "absorption capacity" of the EU when taking decisions on further
enlargements (see EurActiv 16 June 2006).
However, the summit sparked little press interest. Most
commentators concentrated on the uncertain fate of the constitution.
Positions:
Saying that "there’s nothing wrong with a cheap laugh", BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell said that those who
had called the EU summit the dullest ever, were proven wrong. After all, there
would be some kind of constitutional text or treaty in two years time.
Furthermore, the summit was likely to generate controversies.
The Times believes that “the biggest decision by EU leaders at
their Spring summit in Brussels was indecision as they shelved
their embattled constitution for at least two years.” The reflection period had
not resulted in the break of the constitutional impasse.
MORAL SOCIAL
ISSUES – EU IMPACT
Europarliament
Vote Opens
Way for Embryo Destruction - Bishops
Deplore Move
STRASBOURG, France, JUNE 15, 2006 (Zenit.org).- European bishops
expressed dismay after the European Parliament's decision to promote research
that in effect leads to the destruction of human embryos.
The Europarliament voted today in first reading on the 7th Research
Framework Program and called for EU funding of research with human embryos and
human embryonic stem cells.
EU vows to step up efforts on migrants
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/16/news/eu.php
Facing a wave of migration
from abroad and anxiety at home over whether to admit
Turkey as a member, EU leaders pledged to step up their efforts
to determine which people and countries should be part of the trade bloc. Left,
Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, who said that illegal immigration was among "key issues"
that concerned Europeans.
European Research
Funding.
From: CARE impact.direct@care.org.uk,
:6/30/2006
Please
pray that the Member
States which have spoken out against EU funds being used for such research such
as embryo and embryonic stem cell research would be able to stand firm, and that
other EU Member States would join them in their stand.
If you live in Ireland
or Luxembourg, please write to your
research Minister, asking him to ensure that your tax contribution to European
research cannot be spent on research that requires the destruction of human life
and is illegal in your country, but is spent on research that can be supported
by all EU citizens and undertaken in any EU country.
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