Rise of atheism: 100,000 Brits seek 'de-baptism'

[Louie]

One thing: I don't know about other European countries but two german chancellors have been atheists or agnostic so far: Gerhard Schröder and Helmut Schmidt (both social democrats, Schmidt is still a member of the church because he supports most of its moral views).

You could argue that Helmut Schmidt is the best politician Germany ever had and I've never seen a person with such high moral standards. Schröder changed Germany's social system to make it more future-proof even though he knew the voters would dislike him for it and he opposed Bush's anti terror wars.

There you go I'm sure there are other important atheists or agnostics in other european countries.