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Federalists oppose naming new building after Pope
*The Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) are concerned about an **initiative to name the new wing of the European Parliament building in **Brussels after the late Pope John Paul II. *
*The existing two wings are named after Belgian politician Paul-Henri Spaak **and the Italian ideologue Altiero Spinelli who helped build the EU in the *1950s and 1970s.
*“Spaak and Spinelli devoted their lives to the creation and democratisation **of the European Union, while John Paul II devoted his life to achieve **objectives related to the role of the Roman-Catholic church”, Jon Worth, the *president of JEF-Europe stated in a press release.
*"There are several personalities that would better deserve their names being **associated with the European integration process and in this light, we *believe that the Pope should not be placed alongside the fathers of the EU".
*The Young European Federalists were also opposed to including references to *God in the European Constitution.
Funnily enough, Jon Worth, has a blog but does not advertise that particular exercise in bigotry:
web0.p15150546.pureserver.info/index.php?id=1648
I can’t find the actual press release.
One thing Mr Worth got partly wrong was that Paul-Henri Spaak also devoted some of his life to the fascist dogma of Henri de Man and that Spinelli was a Stalinist.
Is it any wonder that European Federalists want to celebrate two men who worshipped tyranny rather than a man who bravely opposed it?
Federalists oppose naming new building after Pope
*The Young European Federalists (JEF-Europe) are concerned about an **initiative to name the new wing of the European Parliament building in **Brussels after the late Pope John Paul II. *
*The existing two wings are named after Belgian politician Paul-Henri Spaak **and the Italian ideologue Altiero Spinelli who helped build the EU in the *1950s and 1970s.
*“Spaak and Spinelli devoted their lives to the creation and democratisation **of the European Union, while John Paul II devoted his life to achieve **objectives related to the role of the Roman-Catholic church”, Jon Worth, the *president of JEF-Europe stated in a press release.
*"There are several personalities that would better deserve their names being **associated with the European integration process and in this light, we *believe that the Pope should not be placed alongside the fathers of the EU".
*The Young European Federalists were also opposed to including references to *God in the European Constitution.
Funnily enough, Jon Worth, has a blog but does not advertise that particular exercise in bigotry:
web0.p15150546.pureserver.info/index.php?id=1648
I can’t find the actual press release.
One thing Mr Worth got partly wrong was that Paul-Henri Spaak also devoted some of his life to the fascist dogma of Henri de Man and that Spinelli was a Stalinist.
Is it any wonder that European Federalists want to celebrate two men who worshipped tyranny rather than a man who bravely opposed it?