Mobilisation for the protection of Sunday at European level
COMECE Press: 04/03/2010
Conference on 24 March in the European Parliament. A Conference to relaunch the debate on Sunday protection at European level will be held on 24 March in the European Parliament in Brussels. It is organised by the MEPs Thomas Mann (EPP, Germany) and Patrizia Toia (S&D, Italy) together with the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation. Several European trade unions, civil society organisations and Churches support the conference. László Andor, the new EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs will take the floor, as well as numerous experts and MEPs.
2nd Seminar on Islam Christianity and Europe. On 4th March 2010 at COMECE. While not being part of civil society, churches and religious communities are closely interacting with it. According to their self-understanding, they also have a social and political responsibility towards the public sphere. Their impact depends on their perception of society, on their cooperation with civil society actors as well as on the respective character of their relations to the state.
Press 12/02/2010: On the occasion of the European Year 2010 for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, COMECE and Caritas Europa have launched a joint initiative.
26-01-2010: The COMECE Secretariat welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of a Resolution condemning recent attacks on Christian communities in Egypt and Malaysia . The killing on 6 January 2010 of six Coptic Christians and a policeman in Egypt, as well as attacks against churches and places of worship in Malaysia since January this year represent a major infringement of Human Rights. The European Union should support religious minorities - including Christian communities - who are today being persecuted around the world.
