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.

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Agenda:

13:30-15:00 Founding Fathers: How Christian inspiration led to peace and reconciliation in a war-torn continent (Room: ASP 5G3) (Host: Peter van Dalen, MEP)

Speakers:

Margriet Krijtenburg (on behalf of the Schuman Centre for European Studies)
Dr. Giuseppe Zorzi (Director of the Foundazione Trenting Alcide De Gasperi)
Miguel Ángel Martín Ramos (Board member of the Jean Monnet Association)
Antoinette Spaak (Former MEP, Fondation Paul-Henri Spaak) tbc

15:30-17:00 Contemporary Currents: The Need for a new Christian inspired Paradigm in an Age of Social and Economic Confusion (Room: PHS 1C 047)

(Host: Ewald Stadler MEP)

Topics and Speakers:

Relational Thinking as a New Christian-inspired Paradigm: Jonathan Tame (Director Jubilee Centre

Human Dignity and the Fight against Human Trafficking: Sari Essayah (Member of European Parliament)

Christian Paradigm and Human Rights Valeriu Ghileţchi (MP, Moldova and member of Legal Affairs & Human Rights and first Vice President of the Committee of Social, Health and Sustainable Development of the Council of Europe)

Christian Inspiration as a Business Paradigm Peter Briscoe (Vice-President and Founder of Europartners)

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