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Madam President of the European Parliament, Following on from the warm welcome you very recently extended to the prelates of Comece, the leaders of the European Free Thought Association (EFTA) would like to have the opportunity to meet with you in order to discuss...
The opposition between European progressives and nationalist populists can be seen in all the elections, whether legislative or presidential in Europe (in Hungary with Orban or in France with the presidential election and soon the legislative elections) and is reflected in the debates around...
La religion et les politiques extérieures de l’UE. Une analyse critique. Résumé. L’Association Européenne de la Pensée Libre a pris connaissance avec intérêt du document rédigé par le Service de recherche du Parlement Européen relatif aux liens entre les politiques extérieures…
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...
Madam President of the European Commission, For an ethical artificial intelligence. Your European vision of Artificial Intelligence, giving primacy to ethics, continues to hold the full attention of the European Free Thought Association (EFTA). The European Association of Free...
Topic: Towards ethical artificial intelligence. Brussels, 9 November 2019. Madam President of the European Commission, Your European vision of Artificial Intelligence, giving primacy to ethics, has attracted the full attention of the European Association of Intellectual Property...
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...
Conférence publique « Laïcité : une idée neuve en Europe ? « Paris, 9 février 2019 Claude Wachtelaer, Président de l’Association européenne de la Pensée libre (AEPL) La question qui nous rassemble peut surprendre. Pourquoi la notion de laïcité – et, à Paris,…
The document "Europe autrement - de la nécessité de refonder l'Europe" (Europe differently - the need to rethink Europe) is the result of a consultation process that lasted almost two years with AEPL members. In it, they express their views on the future of a European Union capable of...
Conférence présentée par Claude WACHTELAER lors du Congrès de la laïcité (Kongres Świeckości), Varsovie, 21 & 22 octobre 2017. On m’a demandé de présenter les modèles belge et néerlandais de relations entre les Églises et l’État. Je commencerai par vous…
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