Dutch churches want new thinking on EU

ALC/ENI, UTRECHT, March 26, 2007

The Council of Churches in the Netherlands, where voters in 2005 rejected a draft constitution Taxi Heathrow Airport for the European Union, has urged the country's new government to come up with ideas on how to strengthen the 27-nation grouping.

"A central role must be given to the values of reconciliation, peace, solidarity, human dignity, religious freedom and human rights, and democracy," the church council stated in a message to mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the EU. "Based on these values, which have their origins in the Christian and humanistic heritage of Europe, the EU as a community of law must be reinforced."

Source: Ecumenical News International www.eni.ch ENI-07-0245

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