Statement —
Statement —
EU Commission: Erasmus+, record budget of 402 million. “Unique transnational and innovative educational offer”
EU: Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine now operational. Von der Leyen, “we will leave no stone unturned to hold Putin and his henchmen accountable”
STATEMENT —
Birth rate: Bassi (Fafce), “fine about the European Council on demographic challenges. An urgent matter of economic and international scope”
Germany: DBK, Catholic Church statistics published. 21 million faithful, but over 520,000 left the community last year
EU Commission: Marie Curie calls, supporting 1,000 researchers in their studies on artificial intelligence, fight against cancer, green and digital transition
EU Parliament: directive on violence against women. Criminal definition of rape based on the absence of consent, stricter rules for the web
POLITICS —
Violence against women: the European Union joins the Istanbul Convention. Dalli (EU), prevention and fight are priorities
EU Parliament: new rules to ensure public participation and protect journalists, media, activists, academics
EU: On 1st July, Spain taking on the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Its priorities: strategic independence, green transition, more social justice, fighting tax evasion
Ukraine: EU sends 500 power generators in response to Nova Kakhovka dam breach
2022 OUTREACH REPORT AND 2023 POVERTY REPORT —
Caritas Italy: increased poverty rates, growing territorial disparities and stigma against vulnerable persons
di Lucandrea MassaroA total of 255,957 persons received assistance from diocesan and parish Caritas outreach centres and services in 2022; two-thirds of…

