Church and Society Commission of CEC

Updates on European Affairs

2008

Update N° 18 - July 2008
Irish ‘no’ vote and the future of the Lisbon Treaty; French EU Presidency; Renewed Social Agenda; anti-discrimination directive; CSC relations with the EU Fundamental Rights Agency; CSC seminar on Islam, Christianity and Europe; Churches and EU Presidencies; bioethics; reduced TVA for restoration of worship places; migration; upcoming CSC events.
Attachment - ‘Christian Europe’ and Islam in Europe - 3 July 2008
Attachment - CSC Guide on EU Presidencies - July 2008

Update N° 17- May-June 2008
Religious leaders meet with the Presidents of the European Institutions; CSC seminar on socially responsible investment; White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue; CSC seminar on Islam, Christianity and Europe; transparency; Treaty reform; migration; upcoming CSC events
Attachment – Report of the Islam, Christianity and Europe – seminar of 29 May 2008

Update N° 16- April 2008
CSC plenary meeting, CoE exchange on teaching of religious and convictional facts, CSC seminar on Islam, Christianity and Europe, Treaty Reform, migration, upcoming CSC events.
Attachment - CSC Briefing on Intercultural Dialogue within the European Union
Attachment – Report of the Islam, Christianity and Europe – seminar of 17 April 2008

Update N° 15- March 2008
Churches meet with Slovenian EU Presidency, Dialogue seminar on flexicurity, CSC statements on Europe’s social reality and on active inclusion, EU Fundamental Rights Agency, CSC work on human rights, intercultural dialogue, European integration, climate change, migration, upcoming CSC events.
Attachment - CSC Report on the Treaty of Lisbon
Attachment - CSC Briefing on Climate Change (2nd edition)
Attachment – Response to the European Commission “Europe’s Social Reality” consultation
Attachment – Response to the European Commission active inclusion consultation

Update N° 14- February 2008
Climate change, intercultural dialogue, European integration, migration and upcoming CSC events.

2007

Update N° 13- December 2007
Employment seminar, Reform Treaty, Charter of Fundamental Rights, December European Council, political priorities for 2008, CSC position paper on ageing,CSC report on agriculture, initiatives on the future of the single market, Bali climate change conference, intercultural dialogue.

Update N° 12- November 2007
Attachment - CSC Report on Treaty Reform
Attachment - CSC Briefing on Climate Change
Attachment - CSC Briefing of Council of Europe "White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue"
Attachment - CSC Briefing on Intercultural Dialogue within the European Union

Update N° 11 - October 2007
Treaty reform, Third European Ecumenical Assembly, EU-level discussion on intercultural dialogue, human rights, revision of the Lisbon Strategy, migration.

Update N° 10 - September 2007
Treaty reform, flexicurity, state & church relations within the Council of Europe, Common European Asylum System, migration and development, upcoming CSC events.
Attachment - CSC Briefing paper “Flexicurity”: European Union’s programme to modernise labour law

Update N° 9 - June 2007
Treaty reform, future perspectives: Portuguese EU Presidency – social issues – Commission key initiatives for 2008, CSC Plenary Meeting, intercultural dialogue, EU-CoE cooperation.
Attachment - CSC/CCME response to the Council of Europe White Paper Consultation on Intercultural Dialogue
Attachment - CSC Report on the Treaty Reform

Update N° 8 - May 2007
Church leaders meet with the Presidents of the European institutions, CSC meets with one of the Founding Fathers, Constitutional debate, intercultural dialogue, first EU strategy on culture, transparency, framework decision on racism and xenophobia, trafficking in human beings.
Attachment - Updated Report on the Constitutional Debate
Feature Story - CSC meets with one of the Founding Fathers

Update N° 7 - April 2007
Constitutional debate, intercultural dialogue, London conference on values, religion and identity, the Council of Europe relations with churches, and churches address the challenges of the working life.
Attachment - CEC-CCME Briefing Paper - Council of Europe “White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue”.

Update N° 6 - March 2007
Berlin Declaration, constitutional debate, churches committed to human rights, energy and climate change, social dimension of the Lisbon Strategy, stock-taking in social realities, intercultural dialogue in the Council of Europe and the EU, migration.
Attachment - Report on the Constitutional Debate.

Update N° 5 - February 2007
Constitutional debate, Berlin Declaration, Energy & Environment, Employment & Social affairs, Health Services, EU Human Rights Agency and other news.

Update N° 4 - January 2007
Churches meet with the German Presidency, Constitutional process, integration capacity, Enlargement Strategy, intercultural dialogue, consultation on health services and other developments.

2006

Update N° 3- December 2006
Church leaders meet to discuss European values, Constitutional process, priorities of the German EU Presidency, Green Paper on labour law, services directive, migration and miscellaneous developments.

Update N° 2 - November 2006
European Parliament adopts services directive in second reading.

Update N° 1 - October 2006
European Year of the Intercultural Dialogue, Bulgaria and Romania to join the EU and other news.