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Response to the statement by the COMECE Presidency on the European Commission’s decision regarding the European Citizens« Initiative »My voice, My choice’. Dear Bishops, We have taken note of your views¹ regarding the request for…
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...
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...
Communication of 4 June 2025 to the European Parliament I am here at the request of the European Association of Free Thought [AEPL] as an expert on housing aid and as President of the Solidarité Logement association. Solidarité Logement...
"Moving forward together: a bolder, simpler, faster Union" Each year the Commission adopts its work programme, which lists the new policies and legislative initiatives it will be proposing to the legislative and budgetary authority,...
- 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...
- STATEMENT BY THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF FREE THINKING - AEPL has noted with interest the recent statement by COMECE calling for the creation of a coordinator for the prevention of anti-Christian hatred...
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.
We are relaying an open letter from gynaecologists to the Catholic hierarchy in Belgium. Jette, 24 October 2024, Open Letter to Monsignor Luc...
What kind of Europe for the next five-year period 2024-2029? Part II The European Commission. It is naturally within the framework of this strategic programme that the political guidelines for the next European Commission 2024-2029 were set out, in the speech entitled "...
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