FAFCE: surrogacy included by EU Parliament in the list of human-trafficking offences. “Exploitation of poorer women for the purposes of providing a child to richer couples”
FAFCE: surrogacy included by EU Parliament in the list of human-trafficking offences. Mr Bassi, “violation of human dignity”
EU: European Week of Regions and Cities kicks off. Ferreira, “territorial cohesion policy is a tool that unifies Europe”
SIGNATURE GATHERING INITIATIVE —
Migration: European Citizens’ Initiative, “stop border violence”
CULTURE AND SOCIETY —
European Day of Languages: an initiative to promote Europe’s linguistic and cultural diversity. 225 indigenous languages spoken in the continent
CULTURE AND SOCIETY —
European Day of Languages: events across Europe. Games, interesting facts, school materials on the official website
APPEAL —
Laudato si’: Comece, encouraging Catholic dioceses and organisations to participate in ELSiA survey on the impact of the encyclical
COUNTRY IN COLLAPSE —
Afghanistan: EU,140 million for food, health, education, women’s rights
Eurostat: how many hours do Europeans work per week? 41 hours in Greece, 33.2 in the Netherlands. With 37.4 hours, Italy’s in line with the EU’s average
EU: COMECE and Katholisches Büro in Berlin on “SoHO Regulation”, it creates “an unacceptable equivalence between embryos and foetuses and simple skin cells or blood plasma”
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