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". – Madam President, I welcome the Commissioner’s statement. Liberals and Democrats opposed a reference to a Christian heritage in the preamble to the Constitution because the Union also has a Jewish, a Muslim and a secular heritage. We do not oppose Article 52, which imposes an obligation on the State to maintain a dialogue with faith groups. Cavour’s famous dictum ‘a free church in a free state’ should be the basis for relations between the two.
Yet it is not only across the Atlantic that a regression can be seen: proposed concordats with the Holy See in some Member States show that the division between church and state in Europe needs reinforcing. Relations between Church and State should be based on mutual respect. One of the problems of the secular state is that respect has sometimes given way to indifference towards faith groups and occasionally even to scorn. Belief is an integral part of the human condition. For many citizens, religious faith is a part of self-development, and government at EU- and national level must value and respect individual faith and its expression through faith communities."@en1
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