At this first One of Us Federation forum after the health confinements, over 126 delegates were present, joined by over 60 people online from 25 European countries.
4 observations on the future of Europe
One of Us panelists and participants highlighted on this event the following points for the future of Europe:
1. We should recover our European roots and consider that the real enemy of Europe is not outside but inside, as materialism and relativism.
2. Ecologists defend nature, as animals, plants, and environment, but do not defend human life. We should promote “integral ecology” defending human life in priority, from conception to natural death.
3. We must redefine and defend freedom, more especially freedom of expression and freedom of conscience.
4. Due to the demographic decline in Europe, we should promote family policy.
These crucial points should be added to the agenda of the Conference of the Future of Europe that European Commission has recently opened in May 2021. The conclusions should be known in March or April 2022. This Conference is done through a multitude of conference, events and debates organized across the Union, as well as through an interactive multilingual digital platform (https://futureu.europa.eu/). However, the Conference does not directly deal with the “roots of Europe” but with the European democratic process. It does not deal precisely with “integral ecology” but with fight against climate change. Not with the “threat of freedoms” but with the Rule of law (as they know in Poland) or the rights of the LGBTI communities. Not with the “demographic decline” but rather with the management of migration. The subjects debated at the One of Us Forum are those that concern today’s citizens for our future as Europeans, as Human and we should promote them as citizens with all rights in the EU.
A convention in Brussels
Jaime Mayor Oreja, president of One of Us Federation, announced the organization of a Convention to defend the Christian foundations of Europe, as part of the Conference on the Future of Europe. This convention should be held next March or April in Brussels before the conclusions of the European Conference. This should be a convention to free Europeans from the prevailing totalitarianism, to denounce the unjust persecution suffered by governments such as Hungary and Poland in defense of our Christian values, and above all to present proposals and alternatives. The objective is also to fight lies and seek the truth. The European Union was originally founded to provide us with peace and freedom. It is the truth, rather than Europe, that will make us free. Message from Pope Francis was delivered to the One of Us Federation with the occasion of this event. The Apostolic Nuncio transmitted to us this message. You can read here the message.
