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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 NazirAli (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

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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