"The Church of England’s House of Bishops’ Europe Panel, the Secretariat of COMECE (Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conferences of the European Community) and the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD) have welcomed the initiative of several Members of the European Parliament, to ask the House to decide on a Written Declaration 'on the protection of a work-free Sunday as an essential pillar of the European Social Model and as part of the European cultural heritage'."