Press 07/12/2011: Human embryonic stem cell research is no longer patentable in the EU, it is ethically problematic and therefore is not a consensual research field among Member States and EU citizens. Moreover, it offers less and less clinical promise. COMECE therefore calls on the EU to exclude human embryonic stem cell research from its upcoming research funding programme Horizon 2020 and to focus instead on the more innovative and promising field of alternative stem cell research.

COMECE Press 28/10/2011: In the midst of the Financial Crisis of the Eurozone, the COMECE Bishops call on the European Union and its citizens to refrain from blaming one another; instead we must assume co-responsibility for finding solutions. They call on European leaders to adopt a long-term perspective to overcome the crisis. These are the main messages of the Autumn Plenary Assembly of COMECE, which took place on 26 to 28 October 2011 in Brussels and was dedicated to “the Financial crisis and future of European integration”.

COMECE Press 28/10/2011: Texte intégral de l'intervention le 27 octobre,  de Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Président de l'Autorité des marchés financiers, France, devant les évêques de la COMECE réunis en assemblée plénière.