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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/religion/civil society

MEPS criticise commission for favouring dialogue with catholic church

Strasbourg, 06/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - Earlier this year the European Commission held a meeting with church representatives and will be organising a second such meeting in the autumn with representatives of civil society and humanist organisations, explained European Commissioner Jacques Barrot at the European Parliament' plenary on Monday evening, responding to criticisms by various MEPs that the Commission favoured the Catholic Church in the consultations it had held with churches and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Clarification of British vision of Europe's future
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: EU wants Iran to be referred to security council but says it is too early to talk of sanctions
(EU) EU/CHINA: Solana says EU wants to lift arms ban on China at some point
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: EUR 9 million more funding for Afghan general and provincial elections
(EU) EP/RELIGION/CIVIL SOCIETY: MEPS criticise commission for favouring dialogue with catholic church
(EU) EU/KOSOVO:
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/INDIA: Amnesty International calls upon EU to work for abolition of death penalty in India
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE/INFORMAL SUMMIT:
(EU) EP/TERRORISM:
(EU) EP/TURKEY:
(EU) EP/CLIMATE/GERMAN ELECTIONS:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Terrorism and data retention on agenda of informal JHA Council on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 September
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission wants to boost regional airports to stimulate regional development and EU-wide mobility
(EU) EP/AIR SAFETY: Commissioner Barrot promises rapid measures and, like Christine de Veyrac and Paolo Costa, call on Member States to accept European blacklist
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/NATURAL DISASTERS: EPP-ED wants temporary committee, PES wants Drought Observatory - MEPs call for long-term measures in addition to immediate aid
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/HEALTH: Debate on report by Csaba Öry on protection of workers exposed to optic rays confirms gulf between left and right - vote this Wednesday
(EU) EU/LIBYA/AIDS: Commission and Libyan authorities sign agreement on aid for Benghazi centre to fight HIV/AIDS
(EU) EU/AIDS: Louis Michel presses for price of generic medicine to come down and for development of health services in poor countries
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/KATRINA: European aid offers continue to flood in for victims of Hurricane Katrina, but United States has not yet granted clearance
(EU) EU/UN/DEVELOPMENT: Commission launches information campaign on EU support for UN Summit in New York
(EU) EP/FARMING:
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Mini-ministerial meeting to be held in Paris at end of month in preparation for December's ministerial meeting in Hong Kong
(EU) EU/CHINA/TEXTILES: Commission hopes that Members States will adopt EU-China agreement on textiles as soon as possible -Euratex and ETUF-TCL voice criticism
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commissioner Piebalgs presents five-point plan to react to surge in oil prices
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission puts text of fishing agreement between EU and Solomon Islands to Council
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Agreement on recapitalisation of three Landesbanken
(EU) EU/OECD: Hurricane Katrina and high oil prices will have impact on world growth during second half 2005
(EU) EP/WOMEN/TURKEY: Too few women active in politics in Turkey, according to Heide Rühle, Vice-President of Greens/EFA
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