Scientologists and their churches and missions across the European continent are continuing a wide range of neighbourhood-level social betterment initiatives connected to human rights education, drug prevention and volunteer action. As reported in Scientology Communities Across Europe Highlight Civic Responsibility and EU Values, these activities include public awareness work on the dangers of drugs, programmes promoting understanding of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and moral education based on The Way to Happiness. Together, these programmes reflect a practical contribution to European civic life.
The article also highlights the Church’s Europe’s Values, Your Rights campaign, which presents key European principles in plain language, including the values set out in European treaties and human-rights instruments. Ivan Arjona, representative of news european parliament the Church of Scientology to the EU, OSCE, Council of Europe and UN, said that community action helps make European principles visible in everyday life. Inspired by the work of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, these initiatives are presented as voluntary contributions to the common good across Europe.