9 June 2011 “We write these notes while on our return flight from Strasbourg. Just a few hours ago we were in the ‘Low N 3.4’ Hall of the European Parliament where a seminar was held, entitled: ‘Europe and Dialogue. A political value for a globalized world’. It was promoted by the Political Movement for Unity Thirty-two participants, seven of which were from the European Parliament and members of three different parties (PPE, S&D, Green) – five Italians, a German and an Austrian – along with three representatives of NGOs at the European Council and some parliamentary assistants. The meeting was significant: taking into account the typical “nomadism” of the European Parliamentarians who joined us in that small room of just 40 seats; they acted with true conviction; and deputies from other nations also desired to be present via email or by sms, regretting that they could not be physically present because of other committments. This revealed their searching and their interest and their esteem for this political community inspired by the charism of Chiara Lubich. Now it appears possible to start a small network of parliamentarians at a European level,  corresponding to the membership of various national parliaments, particularly in view of the project ‘Together for Europe’. Each part of the programme was important in providing a sense of dialogue among the diverse identities, and it was all supported by a common belief in fraternity. Paolo Giusta (official of the European Union in Brussels) was the moderator, intoducing the program and presenting the guidelines of the Movement for Unity in Politics. This was followed by Marco Fatuzzo who shared some of its concrete implementations, dwelling, in particular, on the “laboratories of fraternity”, launched for some time in the national parliaments of Italy, Brazil, and South Korea. The keynote speaker was Jesús Morán, in charge of the Focolare Movement’s theological activities, who discussed some of the cultural and anthropological aspects of dialogue. Another valuable gift was the presence of Gérard Testard and of Severin Schmidt, both from the orientation committee of ‘Together for Europe’. They described the journey of ‘Together for Europe’ and the appointment in Brusells, following the thread of this extraordinary experience with Stuttgart 2004 and Stuttgart 2007 as the milestones. Italian MP Silvia Costa concluded: “. . . we are very interested in this dialogue and I’m certain that those who are ‘non-believers’ will also feel engaged by the Project that has been presented to us.” Austrian MP Ulrike Lunacek, from the Green Party, spoke saying that she had already known about the ‘Together for Unity’ project in Austria, and that she already considered herself invited to the 5 May 2012 event in Brussels. We will go back to the Parliament of Strasbourg, aiming solely for unity as our possible goal, so that the institutions of Europe might be ever more open to the power of the “charisms”, and certain that this meeting will be one of the engines for universal brotherhood for which Chiara Lubich spent her life. Indeed, as she would often say: “If a small group of people will be united, then the world will be one!”. Marco Fatuzzo Chairman, Movement for Unity in Politics