European Parliament displays Nativity scene for first time i

Installation of the first Nativity scene in the European Parliament / Credit: European People's PartyCNA Newsroom, Dec 5, 2022 / 12:25 pm (CNA).Christmas this year marks the first time in its history that the European Parliament has allowed a Nativity scene to be set up at its headquarters in Brussels. Until now, officials of the European institution had considered it "potentially offensive."The efforts of Isabel Benjumea, a member in the EU's House of Representatives from Spain, were key to finally having a Nativity scene on display at the institution.When she was elected in 2019, Benjumea tried her first year in office to prepare the groundwork for a gift of a Nativity scene to the parliament that would be exhibited during the Christmas season. However, she ran into European bureaucracy and deadlines.The following year she began to take the necessary steps. The response could not have been more disheartening.A Nativity scene could not be installed, she was informed by th...

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