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COMECE Spring Plenary Assembly 2010

The COMECE Spring Plenary Assembly will be held April 14-16th, 2010 in Brussels.
The main topic of the Plenary will be 2010, European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. Speakers on the Main topic:

  • Ms Anne Degrand-Guillaud, Coordinator of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, European Commission
  • Fr. Erny Gillen, President of Caritas Europa
  • M. Jean-Baptiste de Foucault, Former "Commissaire au Plan" (France) and Chair of the association Solidarités nouvelles face au chômage (France)

Speakers on the Work programme of the European Commission and the EU 2020 Strategy :

  • Mr Johannes Laitenberger, Head of Cabinet of the President of the European Commission


COMECE Bishops are expected to adopt following reports prepared by the Secretariat:

  •  "Religious Freedom as a Pillar of the Human Rights Policy in the External Relations of the European Union"
  • "Proposals for the EU-Policy to the 2010 Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference" as well as a common COMECE- CEC position on the Implementation of Article 17(3) of the Lisbon Treaty (EU-Church Dialogue).


REMINDER: COMECE Plenary assemblies are closed to the public. Journalists are invited to attend the:
Final press conference
Friday 16 April at 14:00 at COMECE
Journalists: Please register here


You are cordially invited to the Evening debate on "Children- a Hope for all" with Fr Sporschill SJ
Wednesday 14 April 20:00 at COMECE.
If you wish to attend, please register here.

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