4 Amendments of Davor Ivo STIER related to 2013/2167(INI)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers the development of stable, liberal democracies to be a tool of peace, international cooperation and willingness to constructively tackle global issues, and considers that it is in the interest of the EU to actively promote a political culture of tolerance, and openness, and secularism, as well as the development ofrespect for freedom of worship, and to ensure the separation of Church and State as democratic institutions develop throughout the world;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the notion of cultural and religious differences has, until now, been used repeatedly as a pretext for blatant violations of human rights by authoritarian and radical regimes; considers that militant atheism and radical secularism also serve as ideological grounds for infringement of personal freedoms;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the EU should be more assertive in its support of the promotion of human rights, social and political rights by civil society, as well as of more liberal interpretations of religious dogma in those countries the governments of which promote fundamentalist and exclusivist views of religionin combating fundamentalist views which misuse religious dogma for political ends;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Points out that secularism and atheist or agnostic attitudes are incomprehensible to many non-European cultures, but that by emphasising European values founded on the Judaeo- Christian tradition, it might be possible to build bridges of cooperation and dialogue between the EU and the world’s other prime movers;