Buttiglione em defesa da liberdade

Buttiglione to lead Christian network

Rocco Buttiglione, the European commissioner-designate rejected by Brussels because of his Roman Catholic views on abortion and homosexuality, plans to form a religious lobby group to "battle for the freedom of Christians" in Europe.

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Scandalised by the hostility shown by MEPs towards his religious views, the Italian minister for Europe now hopes to create a Christian network to exert pressure on "totalitarian" institutions such as the Strasbourg-based body.

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In a reference to the American election, Mr Buttiglione wrote in the conservative Italian newspaper, Il Foglio: "In Europe our intellectuals were always convinced that modernity brings with itself the extinction of religious faith. Now America, the most advanced country in the world, shows us that religion may be and indeed is a fundamental element of a free society and modern economy."