Crisis of civilisation? Identity crisis? Crisis in European humanist values? Crisis of the state? Economic crisis? ... The seminar "Europe versus intolerance" surely raised more questions than it answered on an issue that human beings are constantly wondering about. The alarming accounts of the rise of exclusion and violence everywhere in Europe nevertheless made it possible to realise the urgency of the fight against intolerance which should be based on the following fundamental principles: the strengthening of democracy and human rights, the acceptance of the diversity of identities, the essential role played by education and the responsibility of the media.