
JÁN FIGEĽ
First Slovak European Commissioner
First Special Envoy for Religious Freedom outside the EU
Founder of European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
President of Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe (FOREF)
Key Domains of My Lifelong Engagement

Slovakia
My Homeland

Religious Freedom
and Human Dignity and Rights

Europe – Peace, Integration and Innovation

Marriage
and Family

Christian Democracy
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L’Unione Europea finanzia l’indottrinamento islamista nelle scuole pakistane
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EU financira obrazovni sustav Pakistana koji promiče islamizaciju i diskriminaciju kršćana
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Éducation islamiste au Pakistan : l’Union européenne épinglée pour son financement à coup de millions d’euros d’un système contraire à ses propres valeurs
Read more: Éducation islamiste au Pakistan : l’Union européenne épinglée pour son financement à coup de millions d’euros d’un système contraire à ses propres valeursEntre 2016 et 2024, l’Union européenne a versé plus de 150 millions d’euros pour soutenir l’éducation au Pakistan. Un soutien financier massif aujourd’hui remis en question, tant le système éducatif pakistanais, fondé sur l’idéologie islamiste et l’intolérance, contrevient aux principes mêmes que prétend défendre Bruxelles. C’est à l’occasion de la 58e session du Conseil des…
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EU Funds Islamist Indoctrination in Pakistani Schools
Read more: EU Funds Islamist Indoctrination in Pakistani SchoolsThe bloc has “lost its credibility as a commercial power guided by human values,” human rights activist said. Between 2016 and 2024, the European Union spent upwards of €150 million on education in Pakistan, according to a 2024 report entitled Pakistan, Education System, Curriculum and EU Funding, authored by Sallux/ECPM (the European Christian Political Movement). The ECPM report contains over 40 pages of…
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PAKISTAN: Former EU Special Envoy on FORB spoke on human dignity in Pakistan at the UN
Read more: PAKISTAN: Former EU Special Envoy on FORB spoke on human dignity in Pakistan at the UNOn 26 March, CAP/ Liberté de conscience and Human Rights Without Frontiers organized a side-event about the situation of Human Rights in Pakistan. The keynote speaker was Mr Jan Figel, EU Commissioner for Education (2004-2009) and former EU Special Envoy of Freedom of Religion or Belief (2016-2019). Here are the main insights of his presentation.…
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Čo hovoria Čarnogurský, Palko, Figeľ a Hrušovský na hlasovanie KDH a Smeru o zmenách v ústave
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Ján Figeľ – Speech at the ‘Europa Karpat’ Conference in 2025
Read more: Ján Figeľ – Speech at the ‘Europa Karpat’ Conference in 2025Related posts: EU Special Envoy for religious freedom should get a stronger mandate Combating Hate Speech: The True Beginning of Peace and Human Dignity PAKISTAN: Jan Figel’s views on religious freedom JAPAN: The Dissolution of the Family Federation is “Arbitrary” The Long Road to Peace in Ukraine Figeľ a kol. ušetrili tomuto štátu 60 miliárd…
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Schuman Plan 2.0 for lasting peace in Europe and for a new West-East Community
Read more: Schuman Plan 2.0 for lasting peace in Europe and for a new West-East CommunityPeace in Europe is needed and possible. It is the basis of stability, the goal of security and a precondition for prosperity of countries. On May 9, 1950, the then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman came up with a plan to create the European Coal and Steel Community as an offer to defeated Germany and…
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Keynote Address by Ján Figeľ – Religious Freedom and EU-Pakistan Relations
Read more: Keynote Address by Ján Figeľ – Religious Freedom and EU-Pakistan RelationsThis keynote address by Ján Figeľ, former EU Commissioner and the first EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the European Union, was delivered during a side event at the 58th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on 26 March 2025. The event, titled “Human…
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‘Peace Talks’ Must Go Beyond Ending the War in Ukraine
Read more: ‘Peace Talks’ Must Go Beyond Ending the War in UkraineCOMMENTARY: Seventy-five years ago, Robert Schuman’s vision for economic partnership among the combatants of World War II led to the creation of the now 27-member European Union. A new West-East economic and trade community could make Schuman’s goal of lasting peace a reality. March 25, 2025 Peace in Europe is needed and possible. But as…
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