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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The European Secularist Network welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of a resolution calling for the implementation of the European citizens’ initiative My Voice My Choice. With this vote, the Parliament clearly affirms its support for safe and legal access to abortion for all women in Europe. The resolution was adopted (...)
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. (...)
