<Tr> <Td> Non-believer / Agnostic </Td> <Td> 13.6 </Td> <Td> 13.6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Atheist </Td> <Td> 10.4 </Td> <Td> 10.4 </Td> </Tr> <P> The EU has no formal connection to any religion . The Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union recognises the "status under national law of churches and religious associations" as well as that of "philosophical and non-confessional organisations". </P> <P> The preamble to the Treaty on European Union mentions the "cultural, religious and humanist inheritance of Europe". Discussion over the draft texts of the European Constitution and later the Treaty of Lisbon included proposals to mention Christianity or God, or both, in the preamble of the text, but the idea faced opposition and was dropped . </P>

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