Human dignity stressed as Europe’s political and religious leaders meet

15 May 2007 saw a meeting between leading representatives of Europe's Christian, Jewish and Islamic faiths and leaders of the EU's Institutions. The theme was "a Europe built of human dignity" and both sides found common ground in European values like democracy, the rule of law, tolerance, justice, solidarity and human dignity. The issue of the dignity of migrants who often die trying to reach Europe was also raised with Parliament's President Hans-Gert Pöttering calling for a summit on the issue.

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European Commission: Press release, IP/07/670: The President of the European Parliament, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission meet faith leaders to discuss human dignity http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/670&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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