gamavor Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Today, the 9th of May has become a European symbol (Europe Day), which along with the single currency (the euro), the flag and the anthem, identifies the political entity of the European Union. Europe Day is the occasion for activities and festivities that bring Europe closer to its citizens and peoples of the Union closer to one another. Why 9 May? On 9 May 1950 the first move was made towards the creation of what is now known as the European Union. In Paris that day, against the background of the threat of a Third World War engulfing the whole of Europe, the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman read to the international press a declaration calling France, Germany and other European countries to pool together their coal and steel production as "the first concrete foundation of a European federation". What he proposed was the creation of a supranational European Institution, charged with the management of the coal and steel industry, the very sector, which was, at that time, the basis of all military power. The countries, which he called upon, had almost destroyed each other in a dreadful conflict, which had left after it a sense of material and moral desolation. That is why during the Milan Summit of EU leaders in 1985 it was decided to celebrate 9 May as "Europe Day". http://www.evropa.bg/serv/Document?Cache=n...me=EN#280138826 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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