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The AGG presents religion and “Weltanschauung” as similar categories. The term “Weltanschauung” relates to the terminology used in Art. 4 (1) of the German Basic Law.

The Directive 2000/78/EC however uses the terms religion and belief. The English term belief would correspond to the German term “Glaube”, since the term “Weltanschauung” rather captures the political dimension than the spiritual one. But the Directive hereby focuses on the spiritual dimension.

The term “Weltanschauung” should therefore be replaced by the term “Glaube”.