Cardinal Marx, COMECE Vice-President, will present

the Statement of the COMECE Bishops on the EU Treaty Objective of a Competitive Social Market Economy.The publication of this text,"A European Community of Solidarity & Responsibility" comes in turbulent times. Despite some encouraging signals in the wake of the latest summit meetings of the European Union and the Eurozone, no one can predict the direction in which the European Union will evolve, nor whether it will be capable of addressing the challenges it faces in a spirit of solidarity and responsibility. More information and registration HERE

COMECE has published a document entitled “A Reflection on the EU Roma Framework”, after the European Commission issued its Communication named “An EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020”. The reflection contains guidelines and concrete proposals in the priority areas for social inclusion (employment, housing, education and health) and others (“Social and economic improvement” and “Citizenship and the fight against discrimination”). Read more

23 COMECE Member Bishops will be present. The main topic of the Plenary will be « The Financial Crisis and the future of European Integration ». The Bishops will analyse the economical and political reasons for the debt crisis in Europe and the instruments that have been set up to tackle the crisis. They will also reflect on “confidence” as a key factor to solve the crisis in a political, economical and social context. Read more

"Human work is a key, probably the essential key, to the whole social question, if we try to see that question really from the point of view of man's good. And if the social question (...) must be sought in the direction of "making life more human", then the key, namely human work, acquires fundamental and decisive importance." Laborem exercens

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the social encyclical letter Laborem Exercens, the EPP Group, the S&D Group and COMECE invite to a Conference on

LABOREM EXERCENS The central place of Human Work for the European Social Market Economy.

Registration before 15 September. Read more

COMECE partners the European Sunday Alliance. On 20 June,  some 65 civil society organisations, trade unions and Churches launched the European Sunday Alliance at an event held in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels. In their Founding Statement “Together for decent working hours” the signatories commit to safeguard and promote work-free Sundays and decent working hours throughout Europe. Link to the Website of the European Sunday Alliance.