Does the EU believe in God?

  • 2003-04-03
  • Pierre Glachant
BRUSSELSIs God part of the European project? The question is becoming more pressing for traditionalist countries set to join the EU next year as the bloc's first-ever constitution takes shape. Poland, which is overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, is leading demands that "Christian values" find mention in the constitution being drafted by Valery Giscard d'Estaing's Convention on the Future of Europe.But in most of the European Union's current 15 member states, the church and state are separate, and there is a reluctance to stray from secular values.Giscard d'Estaing, a former French president whos...
 
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