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 took part in the seminar held on 9 June at the European Parliament under Article 17 TFEU (Dialogue with churches, religious associations or communities, as well as philosophical and non-confessional organisations). Véronique de Keyser, former MEP and President of the ESN, provided a secularist perspective on (...)
The European Secularist Network joins a long list of writers, academics, artists, activists and organisations to support the manifesto demanding an end to the Church’s privileges. Joining the hundred or so figures from civil society is a long list of groups committed to secularism and state neutrality in religious matters, (...)
Press release of the Swiss Free-thought Association (ASLP) On 28 February 2026, in the name of the fight against anti-Muslim racism, the Swiss Socialist Party set out in a resolution its new stance on freedom of religious belief and its public expression, such as the wearing of headscarves by female (...)
