Brussels, 03/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - "God must figure in the European Constitution", asserted CSU MEP, Joachim Wuermeling (Member of the Convention) in a press statement. He is proposing to replace the reference to religious heritage proposed by the Presidium by the formula respect for conscience and belief in God".
The Forza Italia MEP also expressed the same idea, criticising the fact that, "We want …unity but we're getting rid of the most unifying experience that Europe has known:...