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Published on 01/05/2026
Response to the statement by the COMECE Presidency on the European Commission's decision on the European Citizens' Initiative "My voice, My choice". Dear Bishops, We have taken note of your opinions1 on the European Commission's request for a...
Published on 04/03/2026
THE EUROPEAN UNION'S AI STRATEGY: TRANSFORMING CONSTRAINTS INTO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES Hedi Blili-Gouyou and Guy T'hooft I. INTRODUCTION - THE EUROPEAN PARADOX The dominant narrative on Europe's digital strategy has crystallised around an alarmist observation: Europe is irrevocably losing out...
Published on 14/11/2025
Executive summary Key message: abortion is not an opinion, it's a right. The ECLJ and its allies want to restrict women's freedoms in the name of religious morality. Yet science, European law, and the majority of women and men in...
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Published on 15/03/2024
Some photos taken at the AEPL conference on 9 March 2024 Photos by Nathalie Houlmont (Etalle, Belgium)
Published on 11/03/2024
Speech by the Belgian Minister of Defence, Mrs Ludivine Dedonder, at the AEPL conference on 9 March 2024
Published on 08/09/2023
In 2019, the European Union launched the "Green Pact for Europe", with the main aim of making our continent the first in the world to be climate neutral by 2050. How can we translate this political will into action?
Published on 01/01/2021
Religion and the EU's external policies. A critical analysis. Summary. The European Free Thought Association has noted with interest the document drawn up by the European Parliament's Research Service on the links between the EU's external policies and...
Published on 15/06/2020
For better European governance of Artificial Intelligence. The European Union wants: AI that puts people and citizens first; technologies that are reliable and therefore trustworthy; to put these technologies at the service of a society...
Published on 01/07/2019
EUROPEAN UNION: DIGITAL TRANSITION, WORK, EMPLOYMENT AND NEW FORMS OF SOLIDARITY. Claude WACHTELEAR and Eric MAERTENS, coordinators of the Working Group The spread of digital technologies and its effects cover various fields: ethics, education, culture, work. AEPL is well aware that there are links...
Published on 01/02/2025
- STATEMENT BY THE EUROPEAN FREEDOM OF THOUGHT ASSOCIATION - Prime Minister, The current context requires us to reflect on a new strategy for the defence and sovereignty of the EU, which would involve the creation of a...
Published on 20/12/2024
Communication on 10 December 2024 from our Past President to the European Parliament, who had invited 8 speakers from organisations taking part in the dialogue on Article 17 of the TFEU. Once again, it is regrettable that only 2 organisations were philosophical and not political.
Published on 30/10/2024
We are relaying an open letter from gynaecologists to the Catholic hierarchy in Belgium. Jette, 24 October 2024, Open Letter to Monsignor Luc...
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