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INVITATION CONFERENCE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CHRISTIAN THINKING ON THE EUROPEAN PROJECT, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, 3 DECEMBER

There is no doubt that Christianity had a great impact on the start of European cooperation in the 20th centrury. The European project was initiated by founding fathers who, inspired by the Christian faith, had a vision to promote peace and reconciliation in Europe. To what extent is the European Union, more than half a century later, still driven by this vision? And what are the contemporary currents for a new Christian paradigm in an age of social and economic confusion?   The European Christian Political Movement warmly invites you to "The Impact of Christian Thinking on the European Project: Past, Present & Future" European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 3 December 13:30-17:00  hrs For more information click here   |   To Register click here . ============================================================== Agenda: 13:30-15:00  Founding Fathers: How Christian inspiration led to peace and reconciliation in a war-torn continent  (Room: ASP 5G3) (

Scandalous Estrela Report put back on the Agenda: Will special interests defeat Democracy and Freedom?

The scandalous  Estrela Report on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights  is back on the agenda! After heated debate, it was referred back to the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) by the october plenary session of the European Parliament. The report will be discussed in the second round in the FEMM Committee tomorrow, 26 th  of November. The Committee will vote on the report again, a necessary step for it to get in back to the plenary. The proponents of this radical anti-freedom and anti-life report are very nervous: N o debate will be allowed, no new amendments will be allowed to be tabled and the existing tabled alternative resolution, which was a good, non-ideological text, is completely banned from the agenda. This means that the content of the report will be changed in cosmetic details at best, which means that MEPs will be asked to vote on the same toxic report which they referred back to the committee, because it was not acceptable to the majo