Press Release: Presidents of Commission, Parliament and European Council bring together religious leaders to discuss democratic rights and liberties

Around twenty senior representatives from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim religions as well as from the Buddhist communities met in Brussels on the invitation of President José Manuel Barroso and co-chaired by Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament and Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council. They discussed effective ways of rights and liberties with a view to build a Partnership for democracy and shared prosperity between Europe and its neighbourhood.

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European Commission: Memo/11/359: Presidents of Commission, Council and Parliament discuss democratic rights and liberties with European faith leaders on 30 May 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/359&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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