Positions
This catalogue answers a narrow question: what does Restore Europe hold on this issue? It does not replace the manifesto. The manifesto sets out the worldview; this sets out searchable, topic-by-topic positions.
Where Catholic moral teaching is clear, Restore Europe generally adopts it as the moral baseline, and states civil-law implementation separately. One departure is recorded explicitly: on capital punishment Restore Europe takes the older traditional allowance for exceptional cases rather than the contemporary abolitionist position.
The catalogue distinguishes the constitutional order Restore Europe seeks from European law as it currently stands. Several positions — on nationality, on deprivation of citizenship, on speech, on the public standing of religion and on capital punishment — would require constitutional or treaty change before they could be enacted in particular European states. Where that is so, the entry says it.
Version 0.2 settles the questions version 0.1 had left open: the European institutional relationship, asylum, deportation, wages, taxation, pensions, housing, labour representation, digital identity and currency, biometric surveillance, genetic engineering, sentencing, the energy mix and every standing question of foreign policy. Where a v0.2 formulation revised an earlier entry, the newer text governs.
Every question in this catalogue carries a position. Entries marked Derived follow the direction of the manifesto without their implementation being fixed, and several name the legal or treaty change they would require. Positions are revised as the movement decides; the version and date above say which text you are reading.
17 of 89 positions match.
I
The place of religion in public life, and the moral questions law cannot avoid.
Restore Europe supports formal constitutional recognition of Catholicism as the principal public religion, and rejects the claim that the state can be morally or religiously neutral.
Restore Europe opposes artificial contraception and rejects a public culture that treats permanent avoidance of fertility as the normal foundation of sexual life, without criminalizing private adult possession.
Restore Europe supports the complete legal prohibition of pornography.
Alcohol remains lawful for adults in moderate use. Restore Europe opposes drunkenness, abuse and conduct that harms others.
Unbelief, criticism and theological argument remain lawful. Deliberate desecration of the sacred may be prohibited.
II
The household as the first institution, and what public policy owes it.
The family formed around marriage is the fundamental social institution, and public policy should make marriage and child-rearing materially realistic.
Sunday should be restored as the common day of worship, family and rest, with ordinary commercial activity substantially restricted.
A safety net directed primarily at citizens, families and those genuinely unable to support themselves, expressing solidarity without becoming permanent avoidable dependency.
III
Membership of a political community, and the European order between nations.
A non-citizen convicted of a qualifying serious criminal offence should ordinarily lose the right to remain and receive a permanent re-entry ban.
The highest offices of the nation are reserved for citizens with a birth, descent and historical connection to the country rather than acquired citizenship alone.
VII
Authority, its limits, and the treatment of those who break the law.
Power should be exercised at the lowest competent level. Elections, representation and constitutional limits coexist with a rejection of philosophical liberalism.
Broad political and academic discussion is protected; speech that directly incites violence, terrorism or criminal conduct is not.
Proportionate punishment, protection of society, restitution where possible, and serious rehabilitation aimed at repentance and reintegration.
Punishment should be proportionate to gravity and culpability, protect society, provide restitution where possible and pursue rehabilitation where realistic.
Restore Europe accepts the traditional legitimacy of capital punishment in principle, reserved for exceptional cases involving the gravest crimes.
The death penalty may be legally available, but not mandatory, for the most aggravated forms of rape and child sexual abuse.
Regulated civilian firearm ownership for lawful purposes, under licensing, training and secure-storage requirements.
