Happy Europe Day

Europe Day

Europe Day is celebrated every year on the 9th of May. If you want to know more about the European Union the BBC has a very useful website were you will be able to learn about:

• How did it begin?
• Which countries belong to the EU?
• How does the EU work?
• What does it all cost
• How does the EU spend its money?
• Why is there a referendum?
• What next?

And here you will find the activities that will be held across Europe.

Happy Europe Day - 9th of May

9th of May - Europe Day

On 9 May, Europe celebrated tthe 64th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration.

Sixty-four years ago, on the 9th May 1950, the then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman made the first move towards the creation of what we now know as the European Union. He read a declaration to the international press in Paris, calling on France, Germany and other European countries to pool their coal and steel production as "the first concrete foundation of a European federation". It is remarkable that only five yearas after the end of the most dreadful conflict in Europe, the Second World War, he proposed the creation of a supranational European institution, to take charge of the coal and steel industry, the very sector which had made the war possible. The countries which he called upon had almost destroyed each other, and reconciliation was a brave thing to imagine at that time.

9th May became Europe Day in 1985, with many public manifestations in Member States to celebrate European achievements.

Read more about Europe Day:

• Newsroom: Europe Day: open doors
• The Schuman Declaration
• Wikipedia
• Europe Day - Open Doors
• Europe Day activities across Europe

Europe Day 2013

It's Europe Day today.

On 9 May, Europe celebrated tthe 63rd anniversary of the Schuman Delcaration.

Sixty-three years ago, on the 9th May 1950, the then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman made the first move towards the creation of what we now know as the European Union. He read a declaration to the international press in Paris, calling on France, Germany and other European countries to pool their coal and steel production as "the first concrete foundation of a European federation". It is remarkable that only five yearas after the end of the most dreadful conflict in Europe, the Second World War, he proposed the creation of a supranational European institution, to take charge of the coal and steel industry, the very sector which had made the war possible. The countries which he called upon had almost destroyed each other, and reconciliation was a brave thing to imagine at that time.

9 May became Europe Day in 1985, with many public manifestations in Member States to celebrate European achievements.

Read more about Europe Day:

• Newsroom: Europe Day: open doors
• The Schuman Declaration
• Wikipedia

Europe Day 2012

Europe Day 2012

On the 9th of May we are going to celebrate Europe Day. We will celebrate the anniversary of the Schumman Declaration in 1950.

If you want to learn a bit more you may have a look at these websites:

• Wikipedia - Europe Day
• The symbols of Europe
• the Schuman Declaration
• the poster gallery