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The Week in Germany: Culture November 3, 2006 German and EU Policyamkers Talk to Kids About Europe For kids in school, Germany's EU Presidency will begin on January 22, 2007, when Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurates an official "EU Project Day" across the country. Germany takes over the helm of the rotating six-month EU Presidency from Finland on January 1, 2007. "Europe" will be the focus at German schools all day long on January 22 in a bid to boost awareness of the European integration process and foster dialogue among some of Germany's youngest citizens about what stake they have in the EU. Chancellor Merkel, together with the minister president's (or state premiers) of Germany's 16 states, has invited a host of guests versed in the inner workings of the EU to lend a helping hand by visiting schools across Germany for the official Project Day. They include German government officials; members of the Bundestag, or German Parliament; the 99 German members of the European Parliament; representatives of churches; and German officials from the European Commission, the EU's Brussels-based executive body, which serves as the guardian of the EU treaties and has the right to initiate EU legislation. According to a statement issued by the German government on Friday to announce the new "EU Project Day", several schools across Germany have already responded positively to the proposal and have pledged to participate. The European Union is unprecedented in the world as a supranational project
promoting economic, political and cultural links among 25 member states.
Two more countries, Romania and Bulgaria, will join the EU "club"
in January, following a historic enlargement when 10 countries joined
in May 2004. Links:
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