The Anglican Church in dialogue with the EU

On a cold and snowy 18 January, the Chaplain-President, in his capacity as Bishop Robert's adviser for EU affairs, attended the formal High-Level Meeting between the European Commission and Religious Leaders at the Commission buildings, generally called the Article 17 Dialogue. Representatives of the European Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Churches, together with representatives of European Judaism, Islam and Buddhism, met to discuss the theme "The European way of life in times of instability". There were in fact three Anglican clergy in the room: Jack as EU adviser, the Revd Sarah-Jane King (curate at St Martha and St Mary Leuven and also a civil servant in the European Commission) and Dr Dagmar Winter (Bishop of Huntingdon, acting Bishop of Ely and a Vice-President of the Conference of European Churches ).