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by | Jun 19, 2017

Church and Peace celebrates 70 years of active peace work in Europe with a ceremony in Berlin

19 May 2019 – About 150 people from peace churches, peace organisations, communities, friends and guests – from 10 denominations and Christian traditions and 14 countries – met to mark the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the European ecumenical network Church and Peace. They gathered on 18 May for a ceremony in the Reformation Church of Moabit in Berlin to celebrate the network’s past, present and future with the theme ‘’I will give you future and hope’ (Jeremiah 29:11) – 70 years of living nonviolence and resisting militarisation’.

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€13 billion for the arms industry – Church and Peace protests against the decision of the majority of the European Parliament on Maundy Thursday

Diemelstadt-Wethen, Easter 2019. With disappointment and protest, the European peace church network Church and Peace is reacting to the decision of the European Parliament on Maundy Thursday, 18 April, to adopt the regulation for the European Defence Fund, thus paving the way for €13 billion to be earmarked for research and development of military equipment in the coming Multiannual Financial Framework (2021 – 2027).

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Position checklist for the election to the European Parliament 23-26 May 2019

Wethen, 8 February 2019: Citizens of the European Union have the right and the opportunity to influence the outcome of elections to the European Parliament. Within the framework of the Ecumenical Consultation for Justice and Peace (ÖKGF), position checklist (German: Wahlprüfsteine) for the elections to the European Parliament on 23-26 May 2019 were developed in cooperation with several organisations, including Church and Peace.

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For peace. For human rights. For Europe.

4 February 2019. In the run-up to the European Parliament elections in May 2019, a broad alliance of 74 organisations and institutions from nine European countries is calling for the rescue of the European peace project.

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European Parliament’s majority focuses on arms investment instead of strengthening civilian conflict management

WETHEN, 12 December 2018 – Church and Peace’s Board comments on today’s vote on the European Parliament’s negotiating mandate for the European Defence Fund:
“Budgetary decisions are an indication of a change of political direction. We therefore consider as wrong today’s decision by the European Parliament to invest heavily in the military sector as part of the Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027). According to …

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23 February 2019: Church and Peace Meeting in Birmingham

Join the Britain and Ireland meeting of Church and Peace on 23 February 2019 in Birmingham. Under the theme of “Peace is not a fairy-tale – we have to work to make it happen. ‘Let us do what leads to peace and builds our
common life’ (Romans 14:19)” this day of reflection and discussion will…

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