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Churches

Church in Malta (Photo: Lisbeth Kirk)

The Conference of European Churches (CEC) has 123 member churches and negotiates on various topics with the Commission.
The churches are linked to Jacques Delors’ project, "Give Europe a Soul".

In a non-binding declaration to the Treaty of Amsterdam, it is mentioned that the EU respects national churches.

The future

The Lisbon Treaty repeat the respect for national churches and also includes a new commitment of the Union – its dialogue with churches (Art. 17.3 TFEU). Furthermore, the preamble of the Lisbon Treaty now states that the Union shall also draw inspiration from ".... the religious inheritance of Europe… "

By including the churches in the treaties it is up to the European Court in Luxembourg to decide on conflicts of interpretation.

Links

See also Discrimination.

Conference of European Churches http://www.cec-kek.org/