"The proposal submitted to the Upper Council of the European Schools" in the last few days, "seemingly justified" by "organisational and economic reasons, by the introduction of the teaching of religion for smaller groups only in English, French or German, was rejected". This "will ward off the risk that in the European schools a principle that for years has been asserted as the linchpin of the European building, that of multilingualism, might be breached". Mario Mauro, deputy president of the EU Parliament, speaks about a subject that is being discussed in Brussels. The schools for the children of the staff of the EU institutions are undergoing a reorganisation that has to do with the budget, as well as with the new flows of students of many different nationalities, languages and religious confessions. Some MEPs think this should not interfere with the identity of each student. Student goes on Mauro must be aware "of their history, their parents must be free to give their children the education and religious teaching they deem best". In this respect, concludes the MEP, the commitment stated "in a letter of mine to the EU Council, aimed to censure the underhand dealings of this attempted de-legitimisation of the teaching of religion", will go on.
