On 20 March, the Chaplain-President, in his capacity of Bishop Robert's adviser for EU affairs, represented the Anglican Church at an informal meeting of the Article 17 Dialogue between the European Commission and representatives of the principal European churches, religions and secular-humanist organisations. An interesting time of sharing and debate focused on the war in Ukraine, the European Union's Defence of Democracy Package (European Commission pledges to introduce a Defence of Democracy Package to uphold civil society - Philea) and the role of the new EU Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion, Baron Frans Van Daele (Belgian diplomat Frans van Daele appointed as EU special envoy for freedom of religion (belganewsagency.eu)).