newsitems European Bishops' Head Mgr da Cunha to EF on Cooperation with CoE in BioEthics a.o. Topical Issues
European Bishops' Head Mgr da Cunha to EF on Cooperation with CoE in BioEthics a.o. Topical Issues
*Strasbourg/CoE/Angelo Marcopolo/- BioEthics, as well as other adequate Topical Issues interesting Citizens, should be at the Focus of Future Cooperation between Christians' representatives and the CoE, and, in this regard, what counts more, is not to be always "Politicaly Correct", but to really explain People's main Concerns and enlighten Deciders, replied, in substance, the Secretary General of European Bishops' Council (CCEE), Mgr Duartre da Cunha, to "Eurofora"s Questions, on the sidelines of a 3-Days long Conference in Strasbourg on how to Struggle against Radicalisation in Prisons, co-organized Together by the CCEE, the CoE, and the International Committee of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care (ICPPC), together with representatives also of Other Confessions, a Group of Muslims, and CoE's key officials.
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- "Pope Francis has said, in his Speech at the CoE in Strasbourg, last November 2014, (Comp. relevany "Eurofora"s NewsReports from that Exceptional Official Visits to the CoE and EU Pariiament, then, at .... + ...), that "there are .. a number of Pressing Issues, .. on which the ... Council of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE) can Cooperate with the CoE and offer an essential contribution". Are there any prospects, in this regard, on BioEthics in the foreseable Future ?", "Eurofora" asked Mgr da Cunha.
- Indeed, "We are following also the Sessions inside the (CoE's) Parliamentary Assembly, and CCEE is involved, in various dimensions, to these Discussions, of course on BioEthics, Moral Ethics, Solidarity, Justice and Peace, etc", he Replied positively, in Wider terms.
- "BioEthics have recently become also very Popular, both in certain European Countries and elsewhere, f.ex. in the USA, etc., and you have just said, Yesterday, that "People's Concerns are also concerns of the Church", "Eurofora" observed in a further Question to CCEE's Secretary General.
- That's a Question also "for Discussion" by the Church, which has to be "situated at the Center of People's concerns", and make them being "understood, without necessarily being seen as "Politicaly Correct"", Mgr da Cunha stressed, as a matter of Principle.
- "Not to create Confusion, but to Help share perceptions and our experience with those who take Decisions", he added.
+ "Earlier Today, CoE's Secretary General, Thorbjorn Jagland, said that CoE would "Welcome" any eventual suggestions that European Religious Leaders might make on how to Struggle against Radicalisation in Prisons", "Eurofora" observed.
- We have already participated, in an "Interactive" way, to (CoE's) Working Group of Experts which prepared the Anti-Radicalisation in Prisons' Guidelines, CCEE's Head reminded.
- But, "Today, is there some kind of CoE's forthcoming Decision, in view of which you've co-organized this Conference ?"', "Eurofora" went on to ask.
- "We Hope to have, after the Debates of this Afternoon, a Document with certain Conclusions", which could be useful, "not in order to change anything in CoE's Guidelines, since they have been already written and adopted since March 2016, but to Help them be Better Understood, to explain, assess and contribute to their Implementation" in real Practice, he replied.
This move apparently includes also a Forthcoming CoE's "Handbook" on how to tackle Radicalisation in Prisons, that Strasbourg's PanEuropean Organisation intends to Publish asap, according to the subsequent declarations of its competent Senior Officials, (See, f.ex., Replies of CoE's Director on Crime, including Terrorism and Internet, Ivan Koedjikov, to "Eurofora", at : ....).
(For more Statements by CCEE's Secretary General in Strasbourg, see also : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/coeconferenceofreligiousofficialsagainstprisonsradicalisationstarts.html )
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Speaking exclusively to "EuroFora", the New EU Parliament's President, former Polish Prime Minister, ChristianDemocrat/EPP MEP Jerzy Busek, welcomed proposals by EuroFora about innovative ways for EU Citizens to attend EU debates before important final decisions which affect people's lives.
- "We (EU Parliament) must be transparent", Buzek stressed from the outset. "We must have clear answers also for delicate questions. If we don't touch a problem, you must know why, and when shall we decide in the nearest future".. "Because "we (EU) must think about Europeans, first of all : They don't understand well what is going on in the EU. So, it's our duty to inform them, to make discussions here more interesting".
"EuroFora" congratulated President Buzek for the anouncement he made, from the 1st day of his election in Strasbourg (on Tuesday, 14 July 2009), on his intention to make transparent debates, exchanges of views, etc. before the final adoption of decisions in EU Parliament's Plenary, when issues are evolving inside Committees, (See earlier publication).
And we reminded, in this regard, that "EuroFora" has been advocating a project for EU Citizens' active involvement in pluralist EU debates before important EU decisions, since more than a Decade : 1997-2007+
- "Thank you. We (EU Parliament), indeed, have exciting debates", Buzek replied. But, in practice, "without a possibility for our Citizens to see them, not even by the Press, the Radio or TV, etc., because it is in Committees", he regreted.
- "But, they (i.e. Media, Citizens, etc) might interact with you, with MEPs, etc, May be we can imagine something", "EuroFora" proposed.
- "Yes, (but) it needs, a quite new idea", Buzed observed.
- "Why not through some innovations ?", "EuroFora" suggested.
- "Precisely, "EuroFora" has such a project, since more than a Decade (1997-2009), to use new technologies for public debates before major EU decisions are taken", we reminded.
- "If you have such proposals, please come to us, come to us. We must" do something, agreed the new EU Parliamen's President.
For that purpose, obviously information and debates are valuable, but purely instrumental, procedural means which can help focus on, and highlight a substantial content, attractive to EU Citizens, which needs to be determined by other, political, and not mediatic factors.
Buzek spoke about the urgent need to overcome the Global Economic Crisis, the struggle for Human and Civic Rights, Democracy, etc., the Eastern Partnership, links with Russia, strategic partnership with USA and emerging countries, etc.
But he also used (while speaking both to "EuroFora" and other Media) the expression : "The Europeans", for EU Citizens. This points right towards what several important EU leaders (including French President Sarkozy, German Chancellor Merkel, etc) have started to highlight particularly during the recent years : That there is a vital need, and an historic opportunity, for the development of a European Conscience, to stimulate e renaissance of a European Identity able to attract Popular support, for the EU to become a strong player in a Multopolar World : In other words, the revitalisation of a project for a "Political Europe".
By a coincidence, this was indirectly but surely reminded, earlier in Strasbourg, by another ... Busek (this time with a "s") :
Speaking to more than 650 participants from CoE's member countries, at the conclusion of the 2009 Summer University of its Political Schools, Erhard Busek, (with an "s"), former vice-Chancellor of Austria and EU Coordinator for South-Eastern Europe, pointed at the current need to revitalize Europe's "Identity", forged by Greek philosophy and Roman Law, Christian values and Enlightment's ideas, etc. through the ages.
- "We have almost the same name with Jerzy Buzek (EU Parliament's new President, who is a former Polish Prime Minister), because both our Families come ...from the same village, located at the Heart of Europe, which was often shared between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. But my family emmigrated a long time ago to Austria, while Jerzy Buzek's family remained in Poland", explained f. vice-Chancellor Erhard Busek to "EuroFora".
An astonishingly concrete and simple example of European Integration from the grassroots : Starting by EU Citizens, i.e. those "Europeans", that EU Parliament's new President, Jerzy Buzek (this time with a "z"), wants to bring alongside MEP's decision-making proces, (according to "EuroFora"'s main idea : Comp. supra)...