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Against EU Christian roots

Greens and Socialists oppose

On 24 September 2003, the European Parliament rejected (283 against, 211 for, 15 abstentions) including references to God in the future EU Constitutional Treaty.

The amendment tabled by the Christian Democrat (EPP-ED) Group to the resolution on the IGC noted that the development of a system of values with cultural, religious - especially Judeo-Christian - and humanist roots which, going beyond a common market and within the framework of a social market economy, aimed at a better quality of life for Europe's citizens and society at large and sought economic growth, stability and full employment, greater promotion of sustainable development and better implementation of citizenship of the Union.

The Greens and Socialist groups rejected the amendment unanimously. Although Parliamentary resolutions have no legal force, they give a good indication of Members views on a particular issue.

211 Votes FOR :
EDD : Belder, Blokland, van Dam
Liberals : Davies, Gasòliba i Böhm, Nordmann, Procacci, Van Hecke
Communists : Bakopoulos
Non inscrits : Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Claeys, Dillen, Garaud, Gobbo, Gollnisch, Lang, de La Perriere, Souchet, Speroni, Stirbois, Varaut
Christian-Democrats : Almeida Garrett, Andria, Atkins, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brok, Camisón Asensio, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cornillet, Costa Raffaele, Cunha, Cushnahan, Daul, De Mita, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gargani, Gawronski, Gemelli, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langenhagen, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Maij-Weggen, Mann Thomas, Marinos, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Moreira Da Silva, Morillon, Müller Emilia Franziska, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pack, Pastorelli, Pérez Ãlvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Pronk, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rovsing, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wenzel-Perillo, Wieland, von Wogau, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling
Socialits : Hume
Europe of Nations : Berlato, Caullery, Collins, Crowley, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Muscardini, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

283 Votes AGAINST :

EDD : Abitbol, Andersen, Bernié, Booth, Butel, Coûteaux, Esclopé, Farage, Saint-Josse, Sandbæk, Titford
Liberals : Andreasen, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Calò, De Clercq, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Jensen, Lynne, Monsonís Domingo, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Olsson, Paulsen, Pesälä, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sanders-ten Holte, Sbarbati, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Thors, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson
Communists : Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Fraisse, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Koulourianos, Krivine, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Sylla, Uca, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz
Non inscrits : Cappato, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Martinez, Raschhofer, Turco
Christian Democrats : Arvidsson, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Cederschiöld, Grönfeldt Bergman, Jackson, Matikainen-Kallström, Stenmarck, Stevenson, Wachtmeister
Sozialisten : Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, van den Burg, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Dehousse, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duhamel, Duin, Ettl, Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Gill, Gillig, Glante, Goebbels, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Imbeni, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Soares, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Brempt, Van Lancker, Vattimo, Volcic, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zimeray, Zorba, Zrihen
Europe of Nations : Segni
Greens : Ahern, Auroi, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Dhaene, Echerer, Ferrández Lezaun, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Voggenhuber, Wuori

15 ABSTENTIONS

EDD: Bonde, Mathieu, Raymond
Liberals: Manders, Mulder
Christian Democrats : Corrie, Dimitrakopoulos, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Graça Moura, Marques, Perry, Sumberg, Suominen, Wijkman
Europe of Nations : Camre

Documents

Amendement 23

Adopted Resolution