"I think the effort to get rid of discrimination is right," he said. "However, in my opinion, this (the EC recommendations) is, of course, not a way to achieve this goal. He added that "those who oppose reality are in serious danger." According to Parolin, "Europe owes its existence and its identity to many contributions." "We, of course, cannot forget that one of the main contributions, if not the most important, is Christianity itself. Therefore, the elimination of differences and the removal of roots means the destruction of the individual," he stressed. Earlier, the newspaper La Repubblica reported that the European Commission has issued a number of recommendations for internal use. As the publication notes, the purpose of the 32-page document is to limit direct references to "gender, ethnicity, race, religion." In particular, officials from the European institutions have been asked to call the Christmas holidays a "holiday period" because "people have different religious traditions and calendars". In addition, the text of the document recommended that the greeting "ladies and gentlemen" be abandoned and replaced by "dear colleagues".
"It was a recommendation aimed at showing the diversity of European culture. It is not mandatory. Eventually, the document was withdrawn and will be revised and finalized," European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said on Tuesday.
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