Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-05-Speech-1-124"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Dialogue with churches and non-denominational organisations2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050905.20.1-124"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-05-Speech-1-1252
lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique De Keyser2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2006-11-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Parti Socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I am shocked by the thoughtlessness with which the Commission has conducted its dialogue with the Churches and the non-confessional associations. Firstly, it is true that the Commission says that it regularly forgot to invite the European Humanist Federation to this dialogue, but it took the liberty of inviting in its place the Church of Scientology, which is listed as a sect in various European countries. On the basis of which criteria was this dialogue established? Are sects accepted from now on? What subjects are debated? I call for complete transparency in this matter. Beyond the issue of dialogue, furthermore, there is now the issue of funding. Allow me to return to the World Youth Days. On that issue, I cannot believe my eyes. This is truly John Paul II’s last miracle. That is how a ‘no’ vote from Parliament on the funding of the World Youth Days was transformed into a ‘yes’, following a questionable legal ruse by the Commission. That beats the wedding feast at Cana. Yet who are they trying to kid? First I am told: ‘Do not worry, the Pope will pay for his own travel’. Then, even more reassuringly: ‘Europe does not pay for the consecrated bread, but only for the milk of those taking part’. That is how we have become the cash cow of the Vatican. Yet on a more serious note, Madam President, I would point out to the Commission, with the full respect that I have for the young people who arrived in Cologne in search of spirituality and hope, that religion does not have a monopoly on this debate. Secularism is asking itself exactly the same questions: they are the questions of our civilisation. That is why I propose that the 2006 budget include funding for meetings held on the theme of ‘Secularism and humanism within a network of European towns’."@en1

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