COMMUNICATION - 9 May - Europe Day: join us!

On 9 May every year, the European Union celebrates Europe Day. This year, the European institutions are opening their ‘virtual' doors to all. The programme includes lots of activities enabling EU citizens and the whole world to discover what Europe is and what it does. The day offers teachers an opportunity to discuss Europe with their pupils, invite them on virtual visits to the European institutions, take part in discussions, play online games, and more. The Member States are also putting on activities at local level; all this can be accessed via a virtual platform accessible in all official EU languages.

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date: 28/04/2021

In addition to the ‘institutional open days', this year the European Union is launching a major Conference on the Future of Europe, inviting everyone to have a say on the EU we want to live in tomorrow.

Europe Day celebrates peace and unity in Europe. The date marks the anniversary of the «Schuman declaration». On that day in 1950, Robert Schuman, the then French Minister for Foreign Affairs, proposed a new form of political cooperation for Europe which would make any war between the continent's nations unthinkable. His vision was to create a European institution that would pool and manage coal and steel production. A treaty creating such a body was signed just under a year later. Schuman's proposal is considered to be the beginning of what is now the European Union.

More information on Europe Day 2021 and the Conference on the Future of Europe here.

Happy Europe Day!