EU Parliament Recognises Christian Discrimination

Posted on: February 19, 2026

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In its resolution on the Annual Human Rights Report 2025, the European Parliament has, for the first time, explicitly acknowledged the issue of “Christianophobia” within the European Union and condemned the global persecution of Christians, describing Christianity as “the most persecuted religion in the world.”

Adopted on 21 January 2026 under resolution TA-10-2026-0014, the European Parliament’s annual report on “human rights and democracy in the world” marks a notable development in EU human rights language.

For the first time, the term “Christianophobia” is explicitly used in a formal parliamentary text.

In Paragraph 84, the Parliament states: “Regrets that, while Christianity remains the most persecuted religion in the world today, with more than 380 million people affected, there is no European coordinator responsible for combating Christianophobia, even though a coordinator has been appointed to combat Islamophobia.”

By framing the issue in these terms, the Parliament not only acknowledges the global scale of anti-Christian persecution but also highlights an institutional asymmetry within the EU’s existing anti-discrimination architecture.

Link to the Resolution: TA-10-2026-0014