OUR PRINCIPLES

1. The European Observatory of Public Opinion is founded and based upon the following:
a) Human dignity is identified with the attribution to the human being of the value that he/she deserves, as an intellectual and moral personality and as the subject of History and Law.
b) The human dignity constitutes a concept and a measure requiring absolute respect. Consequently, the respect of human dignity requires the non-utilization/non-exploitation of the human being as an object serving any expediency.
c) The right in the freedom of expression does not constitute simply one of the foundation stones of Democracy, but also a necessary prerequisite for the recognition and exercise of a great number of other rights and freedoms, which are set forth (established) by the European Treaty of Human Rights and consequently is protected absolutely.
2. The operation of the European Observatory of Public Opinion is inspired with the fact that:
the right in the freedom of expression, represents the historical development of the rights pursued by the human being, that is the freedom of thought, conscience and religion.