Belgium: For the first time in history, the Christmas tree will be raised at the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels. It was the intervention of a group of parliamentarians that caused the space to be prepared for Pulkud, which lost its place due to the arguments that it would ‘hurt non-believers’. Spanish MP and Catholic believer Isabel Benjumia’s long defense was crucial in this.
Today (Nov. 30) the ceremony will be held at the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels. The grass shed is being established with the approval of the Maltese Roberta Metzola, President of the European Parliament. Jesus Grinan, a famous sculptor from the ‘Murcia’ region of Spain, who is famous for creating Nativity sculptures, has prepared the manger.
Isabel Benjumia (third from left)
The presence of the European Union’s regional president Fernando Lopez Miras, MP Isabel Benjumia and sculptor Jesus Grinan will also be notable. Isabel was elected to the European Parliament in 2019. The very next Christmas, they noticed the lack of a hayloft at the Brussels headquarters.
Efforts to resolve it began then, but the red tape of bureaucracy got in the way. The main objection was that it would ‘hurt the unbelievers’. But Isabel was not ready to give up. Isabelle’s constant efforts to highlight the fact that Europe cannot be known without knowing its Christian roots earned Pulkoot a place in the Brussels headquarters this time.
The local residents see the action of the European Union as a tribute to the province of Murcia, which chose a sculptor from their country to prepare a grass hut that will go down in history. Two meters high idols have been prepared for the grass hut. This good news from Brussels is important as efforts to keep Nativity scenes out of public spaces under the guise of secularism are rampant.