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Seminar on
Discrimination of Christians in Europe
Seminar in cooperation with the Members of the European Parliament from the ECR Group, EPP Group and COMECE
Tuesday, 2nd October
9.30 – 13.00 Room: JAN 6Q2
EU Parliament, Brussels
Programme
9.30 Opening Remarks and Chair MEP Jan Olbrycht MEP Konrad Szymański 9:45 - 10:45 Reports on the sitation of Christians in Europe Dr. Gregor Puppinck (France -‐ Strasbourg)
European Center for Law and Justice A perspective from Strasbourg
Dr. Martin Kugler (Austria -‐ Vienna) Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe Presentation of the 2011 Report of the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe
John Deighan (UK -‐ Glasgow) Parliamentary Officer of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland Respective report
10:45 - 11:45 Freedom of religion in Europe: positive developments and current
challenges F.J. Borrego Borrego (Spain)
Former Judge at European Court for Human Rights Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali (UK) TBC
former Bishop of Rochester -‐ Church of England Mgr Florian Kolfhaus, (Vatican)
The Secretariat of State Holy See 11:45 - 12:30 Reactions from the European Parliament MEP László Surján TBC MEP Vittorio Prodi TBC
MEP Gianni Pittella TBC 12:30 -13:00 Conclusion Mgr. Piotr Mazurkiewicz, COMECE Secretary General Interpretation : FR, DE, ES, EN, IT, PL