One of the first steps towards what the European Union has become today was taken on 9 May 1950, when Robert Schuman made his historical declaration on Europe and its future.

In 2008, in the European Union, a unique space where a family of 27 countries share their cultures, a large number of events, under the motto: “It’s not them and us, it’s you and me”, is expected to take place.

The schools that are registered with Spring Day join the celebrations to promote intercultural dialogue, as a key action in the integration of European citizenship and cultural identity into the school curriculum.

Europe Day is also an opportunity to discuss and reflect on the European Union project and its latest developments, which have been described as events that “happen in the world only every four or five hundred years”.

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Celebrating European cultures: 15 Minutes of Fame (Spring Day school reports)