Does any ecclesia have 20+ surplus quality chairs it is willing to pass on to us? Ware Ecclesia in Hertfordshire is presently refurbishing its hall. We were proposing to buy new chairs but wondered whether another ecclesia had a surplus they might like to sell on to us ? We need 20 minimum for our own use, and 10 more if possible. Chairs need to be with cushion fabric seats and ideally be stackable. A mix of chairs with and without arms would be ideal, in a neutral colour. At the same time, we expect to have c 30 chairs available for passing on elsewhere if required. These are brown metal framed with varnished light wood seats and backs, and are stackable. We can arrange collection from anywhere in the UK. Please contact gordon.dawes@talk21.com with any offers. With love in the Lord Gordon Dawes
Monday 10 December 2012
Hall Chairs needed
Good news of great joy to all people
Horley ecclesia will be having a carol service "Good news of great joy to all people" on Saturday 22 December at 6.00pm (God willing), to which friends and neighbours and, of course, our brothers and sisters are warmly invited. It will be at their usual hall: Hookwood Memorial Hall, Withey Meadows, Hookwood, Horley, Surrey RH6 OAZ. Their regular Sunday family service at 10.00 will not take place on Sunday 23 December, but we will have our memorial service as usual at 11.30 that day.
Israel responds to the Palestinians UN status upgrade
On Friday 30th of November, after the United Nations
voted overwhelmingly to upgrade the status of the Palestinians to a
"non-member observer state", Israel responded by announcing it was
authorising plans to be drawn up for 3,000 new settler homes in the West
Bank and East Jerusalem - in an area called "E1".
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With the war in Israel and Gaza dominating our news this week, the CALS have created a special page on their website intended for interested friends to explain the significance of the troubles. It can be accessed via the home page at http://www.thechristadelphians.org.uk or directly via http://www.thechristadelphians.org.uk/events_02.htm
Grainport of Rome found
Rome emerged as the prime power of the Mediterranean thanks in part to trade. It imported huge amounts of wheat, especially from Egypt.
In the first century AD, the grain port at Ostia was superseded by a giant installation covering 200 hectares (500 acres) at Portus.
French and Italian archaeologists have found the remains of a grain port that played a critical role in the rise of ancient Rome, France's National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) said on Thursday. Cores drilled at a location at the mouth of the River Tiber have revealed the site of a port whose existence has been sought for centuries, it said in a press release. The port lies northwest of Ostia, which was established by Rome as a fortress gateway to enable trade to pass upriver towards the city and prevent pirates and marauders. The evidence points to a port established between the fourth and second century BC and had a depth of six metres (20 feet), making it accessible to sea-going vessels, the CNRS said.
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Muslim world denies the very existence of the two Jewish Temples
On the 25th day of the lunar month of Kislev (Dec. 8), Jews around
the world will celebrate the eight-day holiday of Hanukah. Hanukah
commemorates the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple in the second
century BCE by Jewish freedom fighters (the Maccabees) who resisted the
Macedonian regime in Damascus. The regime had violently attempted to
enforce its polytheistic Hellenistic religion on the inhabitants of
Judea — a people who held the then extraordinary belief in the one
invisible God of all humankind and whose temple was in Jerusalem.
The story is told in great detail in the Book of Maccabees I and II, which, originally written in Hebrew, now survives in Greek and Latin versions in the Christian Bible. The Jews have kept the story alive through the Hanukah festival itself and the retention of the scroll of Hanukah (the Megillat Antiochus).
For over a decade the Muslim authorities (the Waqf) who now control the Temple Mount have been despoiling its archaeology through illegal excavations and site destruction according to Israel Matzav. Nevertheless, the physical evidence that they have discarded, and which Israeli archaeologists pore over like forensic scientists at a crime scene, shows signs of the temple’s existence, the most recent being coins minted by the Hasmonean rulers of Judea who were the royal and priestly heirs of the Maccabees, as well as coins minted during the first Jewish revolt against the Romans in 70 AD. It was these pagan conquerors who burnt the temple and brought its sacred treasure back to Rome, and whose golden menorah was beautifully reproduced on the Arch of Titus. A three-dimensional copy of this menorah now stands in front of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, walking distance from where the original once stood, 2,000 years earlier.
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Muslim Temple denial continues
The story is told in great detail in the Book of Maccabees I and II, which, originally written in Hebrew, now survives in Greek and Latin versions in the Christian Bible. The Jews have kept the story alive through the Hanukah festival itself and the retention of the scroll of Hanukah (the Megillat Antiochus).
For over a decade the Muslim authorities (the Waqf) who now control the Temple Mount have been despoiling its archaeology through illegal excavations and site destruction according to Israel Matzav. Nevertheless, the physical evidence that they have discarded, and which Israeli archaeologists pore over like forensic scientists at a crime scene, shows signs of the temple’s existence, the most recent being coins minted by the Hasmonean rulers of Judea who were the royal and priestly heirs of the Maccabees, as well as coins minted during the first Jewish revolt against the Romans in 70 AD. It was these pagan conquerors who burnt the temple and brought its sacred treasure back to Rome, and whose golden menorah was beautifully reproduced on the Arch of Titus. A three-dimensional copy of this menorah now stands in front of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, walking distance from where the original once stood, 2,000 years earlier.
Continue reading:
Muslim Temple denial continues
Geoffrey Clarfield: Muslims in denial about the existence of the Jewish temple
Sunday 9 December 2012
Guelph Youth Gathering – February 1-3, 2013
Young people who are in grades 6 to 8, as well as high school and
College/University age are invited to the annual Guelph Youth Gathering
to be held at Camp Edgewood, Eden Mills, Ontario from February 1st to
3rd, 2012. The theme for the gathering comes from Isaiah 35:10:
Date: February 1st to 3rd, 2013
Location: Camp Edgewood, 49 Memorial Street, Eden Mills, ON N0B 1P0. Click here for camp location. Visit their website at: http://www.edgewood-camp.on.ca/
Speakers: Bro Nathanael Abel and Bro Will Snodgrass
Schedule:
Registration: Send Registration form with contribution cost to
…and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Date: February 1st to 3rd, 2013
Location: Camp Edgewood, 49 Memorial Street, Eden Mills, ON N0B 1P0. Click here for camp location. Visit their website at: http://www.edgewood-camp.on.ca/
Speakers: Bro Nathanael Abel and Bro Will Snodgrass
Schedule:
- Friday, February 1, 2013: Registration = 7:00 pm. Opening Session begins at = 8:00 pm sharp
- Saturday, February 2, 2013: Classes for grades 6 to 8 young people and classes for high school and college age young people, followed by activities.
- Sunday, February 3, 2013: Gathering will end following lunch.
Please Note: The Youth Gathering
is a Nut-Free facility. Food containing nuts are strictly prohibited on
the Camp Edgewood property.
Fee There is a suggested contribution cost of $65 for the weekend. Please make cheques out to “Guelph Christadelphian Ecclesia”.Registration: Send Registration form with contribution cost to
- Guelph Christadelphian Ecclesia, 187 Norfolk Street Guelph, ON N1H 4K1
- Click here to download the Registration Form.
Saturday 8 December 2012
People who know how to pray to move God to take hold of our affairs in a mighty way
| Alan Hermann |
Above
all else the Church today needs people who will constantly claim and prove God’s promises in prayer. These are the people who will determine
the health and future of the modern church. It is not educated people
we need today. It is not more money that the church requires. (The
church is never short of money but of God centred prayer warriors who
live their prayers.) It is not better structures, more programs,
improved facilities or effective publicity helpful though these are. It
is people of all ages and backgrounds who know how to pray, who will in
prayer move God to take hold of our affairs in a mighty way and put
life and power into the church and all its structures. Such prayer is
dangerous. When it is active radical things happen and we must be
prepared for our lives to be shaken to their foundations. Are we people
who are available to God to be used when the Holy Spirit moves in
response to prayer? If so then let us pray and risk everything to God.
We will never be the same again. Are we game?
Syrian capital facing total destruction in the coming months
The final chapter of Syria’s bloody civil war may be about to begin, but this is bringing no sense of relief.
There is growing talk of a looming battle-to-the-death in the streets of Damascus. There is growing fear that President Bashar Assad may use chemical weapons in a final desperate effort to remain in power. And there is growing worry in many quarters that this next perilous phase, which may resolve nothing in terms of Syria’s immediate future, could also lead to a dramatic reshaping of the entire Middle East as we know it.
Growing fear that civil war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence.
The first is that President Bashar Assad, in a last-ditch effort to save his regime, would order chemical attacks either as a limited demonstration to the rebels of his willingness to use the internationally banned weapons, or in a large-scale offensive designed to turn the tide of a conflict that already has killed an estimated 40,000.
The second is that some portion of Assad's arsenal could be moved to Iran or Lebanon or fall into the hands of foreign fighters with ties to terrorist groups who are helping Syrian rebels.
The Syrian capital is “facing total destruction in the coming months”. This is the remarkable statement in the Daily Telegraph report above. It is remarkable because this is exactly what the Bible says is going to happen to this city. However the scale of the coming destruction on Damascus is greater than anyone realises. It will actually cause Damascus to cease from being a city. How this destruction takes place and what exactly causes it we don’t know…. But we can see it cannot be long before it is fulfilled.
The Bible says that Damascus will cease to be a city, it will be a ruinous heap and all her men of war will be killed in that day. The rebels with their small explosives and light weapons could not bring about this cataclysmic destruction of a capital city. The destruction foretold requires weapons that only nations possess. Possibly even nuclear. We may not have long to wait before we see these things take place…
A respected weekly French magazine called “Le Point” has reported this week that France is preparing its special forces for a mission in war-torn Syria. The mission would only involve a relatively small amount of special forces, and a number of NATO countries — including the UK and the US — would be involved. Debkafile also reports this week that this action is to begin shortly. Whether these reports are true or not we can see how the crisis in Syria is moving towards a conclusion.
Russia we know is adamant that no military action should be taken. America, UK and France are increasingly adamant there must be. In Daniel 11 v 40 we read of the king of the south (America / UK) pushing at the king of the north (Russia). After the push Russia comes down. The word “push” could be seen as a military provocation…
Israel being a prime target as Syria’s arch enemy. Isaiah 17 speaks of Israel being greatly weakened when Damascus falls – Syria may weaken Israel by using chemical weapons against it.
Across the world lots of messages do remind people about sayings concerning times which people should warn that something serious was going to happen.
In the meantime nearly 300 people shed their clothes at Papamoa, New Zeeland, to take part in a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest collective skinny dip and in Rotorua quite a crowd has been looking for a place to safely and comfortably socialise in the nude.
Rotorua's lakes are bursting with water with water levels across the region reaching all-time highs.
Further in the news:
A one-metre high tsunami wave has struck the city of Ishinomaki in northeastern Japan after a strong earthquake off the coast. Buildings shook as far away as Tokyo following the tremor which took place in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 23 miles, with the epicentre 285 miles from the capital. Japan's NHK television urged people in coastal areas likely to be affected to head to safety.
An unusually destructive tornado swept through neighbourhoods around New Zealand's largest city Thursday, killing three people and forcing 250 more to evacuate damaged and powerless homes. The small tornado hit Hobsonville and Whenuapai, western suburbs of Auckland, during a midday storm that also uprooted trees, damaged buildings and caused flooding that closed roads. Thursday's tornado was the deadliest in New Zealand in more than 60 years.
What do the lunar landings, the Kim Dotcom saga, flying saucers and UFO sightings, the Mt Tongariro eruption, the Holy Grail, the 9/11 attacks and the war on terror, the Urewera raids and the Mayan calendar have in common?
“And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.” (Daniel 11:40 KJBPNV)
“The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.” (Isaiah 17:1 KJBPNV)
“24 Damascus has grown feeble, and turns herself to flee, and fear has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in labor. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, says Yahweh of hosts.” (Jeremiah 49:24-26 KJBPNV)
“3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, says Yahweh of hosts. 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.” (Isaiah 17:3-4 KJBPNV)
“Consider you not what these people have spoken, saying, The two families which Yahweh has chosen, he has even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.” (Jeremiah 33:24 KJBPNV)
“25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.” (Luke 21:25-26 KJBPNV)
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There is growing talk of a looming battle-to-the-death in the streets of Damascus. There is growing fear that President Bashar Assad may use chemical weapons in a final desperate effort to remain in power. And there is growing worry in many quarters that this next perilous phase, which may resolve nothing in terms of Syria’s immediate future, could also lead to a dramatic reshaping of the entire Middle East as we know it.
Growing fear that civil war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios neither considered likely but both carrying risks of civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence.
The first is that President Bashar Assad, in a last-ditch effort to save his regime, would order chemical attacks either as a limited demonstration to the rebels of his willingness to use the internationally banned weapons, or in a large-scale offensive designed to turn the tide of a conflict that already has killed an estimated 40,000.
The second is that some portion of Assad's arsenal could be moved to Iran or Lebanon or fall into the hands of foreign fighters with ties to terrorist groups who are helping Syrian rebels.
The Syrian capital is “facing total destruction in the coming months”. This is the remarkable statement in the Daily Telegraph report above. It is remarkable because this is exactly what the Bible says is going to happen to this city. However the scale of the coming destruction on Damascus is greater than anyone realises. It will actually cause Damascus to cease from being a city. How this destruction takes place and what exactly causes it we don’t know…. But we can see it cannot be long before it is fulfilled.
The Bible says that Damascus will cease to be a city, it will be a ruinous heap and all her men of war will be killed in that day. The rebels with their small explosives and light weapons could not bring about this cataclysmic destruction of a capital city. The destruction foretold requires weapons that only nations possess. Possibly even nuclear. We may not have long to wait before we see these things take place…
A respected weekly French magazine called “Le Point” has reported this week that France is preparing its special forces for a mission in war-torn Syria. The mission would only involve a relatively small amount of special forces, and a number of NATO countries — including the UK and the US — would be involved. Debkafile also reports this week that this action is to begin shortly. Whether these reports are true or not we can see how the crisis in Syria is moving towards a conclusion.
Russia we know is adamant that no military action should be taken. America, UK and France are increasingly adamant there must be. In Daniel 11 v 40 we read of the king of the south (America / UK) pushing at the king of the north (Russia). After the push Russia comes down. The word “push” could be seen as a military provocation…
Israel being a prime target as Syria’s arch enemy. Isaiah 17 speaks of Israel being greatly weakened when Damascus falls – Syria may weaken Israel by using chemical weapons against it.
Across the world lots of messages do remind people about sayings concerning times which people should warn that something serious was going to happen.
In the meantime nearly 300 people shed their clothes at Papamoa, New Zeeland, to take part in a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest collective skinny dip and in Rotorua quite a crowd has been looking for a place to safely and comfortably socialise in the nude.
Rotorua's lakes are bursting with water with water levels across the region reaching all-time highs.
Further in the news:
A one-metre high tsunami wave has struck the city of Ishinomaki in northeastern Japan after a strong earthquake off the coast. Buildings shook as far away as Tokyo following the tremor which took place in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 23 miles, with the epicentre 285 miles from the capital. Japan's NHK television urged people in coastal areas likely to be affected to head to safety.
An unusually destructive tornado swept through neighbourhoods around New Zealand's largest city Thursday, killing three people and forcing 250 more to evacuate damaged and powerless homes. The small tornado hit Hobsonville and Whenuapai, western suburbs of Auckland, during a midday storm that also uprooted trees, damaged buildings and caused flooding that closed roads. Thursday's tornado was the deadliest in New Zealand in more than 60 years.
What do the lunar landings, the Kim Dotcom saga, flying saucers and UFO sightings, the Mt Tongariro eruption, the Holy Grail, the 9/11 attacks and the war on terror, the Urewera raids and the Mayan calendar have in common?
“And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.” (Daniel 11:40 KJBPNV)
“The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.” (Isaiah 17:1 KJBPNV)
“24 Damascus has grown feeble, and turns herself to flee, and fear has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in labor. 25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, says Yahweh of hosts.” (Jeremiah 49:24-26 KJBPNV)
“3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, says Yahweh of hosts. 4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall become lean.” (Isaiah 17:3-4 KJBPNV)
“Consider you not what these people have spoken, saying, The two families which Yahweh has chosen, he has even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.” (Jeremiah 33:24 KJBPNV)
“25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.” (Luke 21:25-26 KJBPNV)
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Burman: If Syria splits apart, so might the entire region
Syria's chemical weapons risk
Handicapped youngsters and Helpful computers
P2P made it possible that preaching could reach handicapped people and that they got a tool with which they can grow and feel more free.
P2P got some desktops which could be put together to make 6 good working PC's.
They installed some maths games, English worksheets and Bible software on the computers for the children to work with and improve their education while playing games on the computer.
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P2P got some desktops which could be put together to make 6 good working PC's.
They installed some maths games, English worksheets and Bible software on the computers for the children to work with and improve their education while playing games on the computer.
Read more about it:
Computer Distribution
Sunday 2 December 2012
Oplossing met twee staten is de enige uitkomst voor het Israëlisch-Palestijns conflict
België heeft de resolutie die door de Algemene Vergadering werd aangenomen mee ondersteund maar waarschuwt toch dat men er bewust moet van zijn dat dit nog geen volwaardige erkenning als staat is voor Palestina.
Een volwaardige Palestijnse staat kan alleen tot stand komen na onderhandelingen tussen Israëli’s en Palestijnen. Onderhandelingen zijn de enige weg, hoe moeilijk dat ook is. Alle aandacht moet gaan naar een snelle hervatting van de vredesgesprekken. Daarbij moeten zowel Israël als de Palestijnse Autoriteit afzien van elk eenzijdig optreden dat de geloofwaardigheid van het vredesproces in het gedrang kan brengen. Didier Reynders is tevreden met het engagement van de Israëlische regering om de bestaande akkoorden niet in vraag te stellen.
Zoals de Hoge Vertegenwoordiger Catherine Ashton in naam van de Europese Unie heeft gedaan, vraagt ook minister Reynders alle betrokken partijen om met de nodige spoed werk te maken van een oplossing voor het conflict. De EU moet in overleg met de Verenigde Staten werken aan een vredesinitiatief dat de krijtlijnen voor het onderhandelingsproces bevat en dat voor beide partijen voldoende waarborgen en stimulansen biedt.
Vicepremier en minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Didier Reynders is tevreden met de beslissing van de Algemene Vergadering van de Verenigde Naties vandaag om Palestina het statuut van waarnemend / niet-lidstaat toe te kennen. De stemming is een belangrijke stap naar de oprichting van een Palestijnse staat, waar België en de internationale gemeenschap vragende partij voor zijn. Maar België vindt dat een echte doorbraak er pas zal komen als de Palestijnen op het terrein over een toekomstige staat kunnen beschikken met instellingen, overheidspersoneel en middelen voor een goede werking. België heeft voor de ontwerpresolutie gestemd omdat het zich volledig kan vinden in het doel. Dat doel is een oplossing met twee staten die in vrede en veiligheid naast elkaar bestaan. Daarbij moet de toekomstige Palestijnse staat democratisch, leefbaar en blijvend zijn. De oplossing met twee staten is de enige uitkomst voor het Israëlisch-Palestijns conflict en alle inspanningen moeten daarop worden gericht. Minister Reynders betreurt dat de 27 EU-Lidstaten bij de stemming in New York niet tot een gemeenschappelijk standpunt zijn gekomen. België heeft geen enkele moeite gespaard en zich zeer constructief opgesteld. Toch is minister Reynders tevreden dat er een Europese consensus bestaat over het einddoel en dat de EU zich blijft inzetten voor het proces.
Een volwaardige Palestijnse staat kan alleen tot stand komen na onderhandelingen tussen Israëli’s en Palestijnen. Onderhandelingen zijn de enige weg, hoe moeilijk dat ook is. Alle aandacht moet gaan naar een snelle hervatting van de vredesgesprekken. Daarbij moeten zowel Israël als de Palestijnse Autoriteit afzien van elk eenzijdig optreden dat de geloofwaardigheid van het vredesproces in het gedrang kan brengen. Didier Reynders is tevreden met het engagement van de Israëlische regering om de bestaande akkoorden niet in vraag te stellen.
Zoals de Hoge Vertegenwoordiger Catherine Ashton in naam van de Europese Unie heeft gedaan, vraagt ook minister Reynders alle betrokken partijen om met de nodige spoed werk te maken van een oplossing voor het conflict. De EU moet in overleg met de Verenigde Staten werken aan een vredesinitiatief dat de krijtlijnen voor het onderhandelingsproces bevat en dat voor beide partijen voldoende waarborgen en stimulansen biedt.
Vicepremier en minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Didier Reynders is tevreden met de beslissing van de Algemene Vergadering van de Verenigde Naties vandaag om Palestina het statuut van waarnemend / niet-lidstaat toe te kennen. De stemming is een belangrijke stap naar de oprichting van een Palestijnse staat, waar België en de internationale gemeenschap vragende partij voor zijn. Maar België vindt dat een echte doorbraak er pas zal komen als de Palestijnen op het terrein over een toekomstige staat kunnen beschikken met instellingen, overheidspersoneel en middelen voor een goede werking. België heeft voor de ontwerpresolutie gestemd omdat het zich volledig kan vinden in het doel. Dat doel is een oplossing met twee staten die in vrede en veiligheid naast elkaar bestaan. Daarbij moet de toekomstige Palestijnse staat democratisch, leefbaar en blijvend zijn. De oplossing met twee staten is de enige uitkomst voor het Israëlisch-Palestijns conflict en alle inspanningen moeten daarop worden gericht. Minister Reynders betreurt dat de 27 EU-Lidstaten bij de stemming in New York niet tot een gemeenschappelijk standpunt zijn gekomen. België heeft geen enkele moeite gespaard en zich zeer constructief opgesteld. Toch is minister Reynders tevreden dat er een Europese consensus bestaat over het einddoel en dat de EU zich blijft inzetten voor het proces.
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