First of all, there is the initiative, “A soul for Europe”, established at the end of 1994 and design to funding inter-religious seminars about the spiritual dimension of European integration. This initiative is coordinated by an unofficial screening committee, responsible for providing expertise to underpin the selection of projects eligible for European funding. It comprises two representatives of each religion and philosophy: Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims and Humanists. It is chaired by a humanist, and the secretariat is organised by Protestants, one way of showing a will to ensure the representation of minority groups in Europe. Pluralism is combined with equality as far as members are concerned : representation is not based on the numeric size of each religion, but rather on a desire to represent the main religions and the humanist movement, which are at the root of the European identity.
