We are a network of organisations from various European countries which share the same struggle for secularist values: freedom, equality and solidarity. We are committed to the promotion and defence of secularism, a universal principle guaranteeing individual freedoms and peaceful coexistence of philosophical opinions and religious convictions.
These values are under threat. It is more necessary than ever for the secularist movement to make its own voice heard in Europe.
The European Secularist Network aims to represent secular positions with European institutions and international organisations.
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On 16 October 2020, Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, was murdered outside his school in Conflans Saint Honorine (France). His killer claimed to be punishing him for ‘daring’ to show caricatures of his prophet in order to teach his pupils about freedom of expression. Samuel Paty endured a (...)
Article by Jean Claude Boual While not secular, the European Communities were not concerned with relations between institutions and religions. Neither the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1952 nor the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) in Rome in 1957 addressed this issue. (...)
The Austrian Humanist Association (Humanistischer Verband Österreich) was founded on 20 February 1887 and is a strictly secular organisation. It advocates a worldview based on facts and natural sciences, ethics without religious reference, and a state that is not based on religious beliefs. It is a community of conviction in (...)
