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Madam President, I have listened carefully to the various speeches.
I should like first of all to briefly point out that a
has been published on the Commission web site to give details about this meeting held in spring. I should also like to make it clear that, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on access to documents, the Commission can answer any questions concerning the attendance list. That is an initial practical remark. You are right, the dialogue must be transparent and everything must genuinely be clear for all those people who could be asking themselves questions.
Parliament greatly emphasises the need for dialogue, provided, of course, that such dialogue is balanced and transparent. I believe that I am able to say that such is the intention of the President of the Commission. There is no reason for this dialogue to be weighted in favour of any one community. I can confirm to you that a specific meeting with non-confessional representatives from civil society, and, in particular, representatives from the humanist movement, will take place in autumn. There is therefore a desire for balance.
Personally speaking, I am totally convinced, not so much by certain remarks made by Mr Combes, but rather by a politician, many of whose works I have read and who I have held in high regard, Aristide Briand, who in fact brought us a law of separation of Church and State, a law that, in my opinion, he caused to command great respect when he had it adopted. I believe that, in today’s civil society, it is necessary for governments, both at national and European level, to be in touch with a civil society where faiths, which are undoubtedly different but which respect one other, are expressed. That also enables me to state that the phenomenon of sects must of course be fought against with a great deal of determination.
That is what I wished to say very simply, in the hope that this dialogue might be developed and with respect shown towards all of the conditions that you consider legitimate."@en1
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