How to play
Rules for the quizmaster
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Teams should include three to six people.
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There are two types of quiz in the book.
One contains questions which focus on
the EU & its institutions, dates and statistics.
The other has questions about Europe
and its various countries and people,
food and culture.
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The quizmaster should announce the title
of each round and then ask question one.
Repeat the question as necessary until
everyone has heard it and understood it.
Move to question 2 and so on. Teams should
write their answers on the answer sheet.
After round two is complete, ask teams to
swap papers with another team so that no
team marks its own answers. The quizmaster
repeats the questions and reveals the answers
to the A-Z round and rounds 1 and 2. As each
round is completed the quizmaster asks for
the results for each team to be shouted out
and records them on the scoresheet. Return
papers to owners and complete the final two
rounds: questions, answers and marking.
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Depending on how quickly or slowly the teams
play the game, it might be useful to have a
fifteen - thirty minute break at half-time for
refreshments and then return to play the final
two rounds. If teams are playing very fast the
quizmaster may like to consider using a further
round from the quiz book.
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The winner is the team with the highest
overall score. In the event of a tie, there
are several tie-breaker questions included
in the quiz book.
On arrival teams should choose a name
& register with the quizmaster.
Each quiz has five rounds. Four rounds of
ten questions each and an A-Z round with
26 questions where each answer starts with a
different letter of the alphabet. The quizmaster
can choose to play the quizzes as they appear
in the book or mix and match rounds between
the two quizzes as preferred.
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A photo-copiable answer sheet is included
in the quiz book for each team to record their
answers and write the team name on top.
There is also a photo-copiable score sheet
for use by the quizmaster.
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The A-Z round can be played as a warm-up
as the teams arrive. Photocopy the round
and hand to each team as they register.
Allow teams approximately fifteen minutes
to complete and fill in the answers on their
sheets and to settle in and settle down.
Once the A-Z is completed move to the
first ten question round.
We hope everyone enjoys playing this Quiz and
maybe learns something new about the EU and its
member countries in the true spirit of Europe Day!
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In this round each answer begins with a different letter of the alphabet
Quiz 1 questions
A A successful European collaboration
assembled in Toulouse. Sole major
competitor to the US company Boeing
in passenger aircraft manufacture.
H
British Prime Minister best known for taking
the United Kingdom into the European
Community in 1973.
I
The formal procedure for negotiating
amendments to the founding treaties
of the European Union. Composed of
representatives of the member states,
with the Commission and European
Parliament also participating.
B
Star-shaped Brussels headquarters of the
European Commission.
C
The science of committees, a necessary
skill in Brussels.
J
President of the European Commission
1985 -1995, oversaw the Single European
Act (1986), the Maastricht Treaty (1992),
and gave his name to the 1989 Report on
Economic and Monetary Union. 1990 Sun
newspaper famous headline “Up Yours, ...!”
Born in Wales, well-known Labour MP and
Minister who went on to become President
of the European Commission and later a
founding member of the SDP.
K
The architect of German Reunification
and together with French President Francois
Mitterand the Maastricht Treaty which
created the European Union.
L
Package which has as its goal making
the European Union “the most dynamic
and competitive knowledge-based
economy in the world”.
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F
Free trade area established in 1960.
G
Satellite radio navigation system and
Europe’s contribution to a global navigation
satellite infrastructure (GNSS). Named after
famous Italian physicist, mathematician,
astronomer and philosopher.
Country which joined the EU on
1 January 1995.
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M
French politician born in 1888 in
Cognac regarded as the chief architect
of European Unity.
N
Military alliance of 26 countries (currently)
from Europe and North America committed
to fulfilling the goals of its founding Treaty
signed in 1949.
O
Office whose role is to protect the financial
interests of the European Union, to fight
fraud, corruption and any other irregular
activity, including misconduct within the
European Institutions.
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Each Member State takes its turn to play
this role which rotates every six months in
January and July.
Three letter acronym for the way EU
governments currently take many of their
decisions in the Council of Ministers. System
which allocates votes to Member States
in part according to their population.
Process by which all Member States
must approve a new EU treaty.
Guiding European principle which means
decisions should be taken as close to the
citizen as possible.
T
General meaning of this Russian word is
threesome, a collection of three of any kind
including a triumvirate of political leaders
or, in EU parlance, the grouping of the
country currently holding the Presidency and
its immediate predecessor and successor.
Designed to ensure continuity.
U
A form of voting in the Council in which
no Member State must vote against
(abstentions do not count).
V
Ideally no longer required for EU citizens
travelling and working throughout the EU
as part of the borderless Single Market.
W
Name given to the continuing surplus of
supply over demand (glut) of one of Europe’s
most famous and quaffable products.
X
Sounds like: a system created, in 1979 as
a way to reduce the volatility of the various
European currencies and to create a stable
monetary system.
Y
Z
Required to win a referendum.
A term relating to value added tax ( VAT ).
For goods which are classed with this rating,
businesses may claim back their input tax.
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Quiz 2 questions
1 When was the “Year of the Barricades”,
student riots in Paris and other
European cities?
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Karol Wojtyla became Pope in which year?
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In what year was the Treaty of Rome signed?
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In what year was decimal coinage
introduced in the UK?
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Date of the great influenza pandemic which
killed more than 50 million world-wide?
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Year of the death of Franco?
Year the UK held a referendum on its
membership of the EEC?
Year the Berlin Wall was built?
Year and location of the first Eurovision
Song Contest?
Design of the world-wide web WWW
concept by Tim Berners-Lee and scientists
at CERN (Geneva), the European
Organsation for Nuclear Research?
Tie-b reaker
Date of the Russian Revolution?
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Quiz 3 questions
1 What is the name of the Roman road which
runs from London to York via Lincoln?
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What is the longest river in the EU and how
many EU countries does it flow through?
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In what year did the Channel Tunnel open?
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Developed in the late 1870s by
opthalmologist Dr Ludovic Zamenhof
to promote international understanding,
it was denounced by Joseph Stalin as
“the language of spies”. Which language?
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From the 10th century to the present day,
pilgrims have made their way to which
Spanish cathedral city?
Name of the mechanism whereby locations
in geographically and politically distinct areas
are paired, with the goal of encouraging
human contact and cultural links.
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Name three of Paris’s six railway stations.
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Originally founded in Spain in 1944, this
household name now has sister magazines
in Britain, Ireland, Greece, Turkey, Serbia,
and in Russia, Thailand, Canada, India,
Mexico and UAE. A purveyor of
celebrity culture.
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Name the Italian cities where the following
airports are located?
The first example of mass production.
One of the most important technical
advances in history. Who was the
German printer who invented a
mechanical way of making books?
a Leonardo Da Vinci
b Galileo Galilei
c Amerigo Vespucci
Tie-breaker
It promotes cooperation between broadcasters and facilitates the
exchange of audiovisual content. Most famous for the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Quiz 4 questions
1 How many members does the European
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Europe is the continent most visited by
tourists: in fact, six EU countries were in
the world’s top ten destinations in 2006.
Which were they?
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How many staff are employed in the
European Commission? (plus or minus 10%)
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Which EU countries have the most
and the least population density?
Union currently have (2008)?
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How many official languages does the
EU have?
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Which is the biggest country in the EU
by land mass?
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What is the percentage of Europeans living
in cities? (plus or minus 5%)
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According to reports in the press, about
98% of all Spanish people participate in
what every Christmas? First begun in 1812.
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Which country has the most public
holidays in Europe and which country
has the fewest?
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Which country has won the Eurovision
song contest the most times and how often?
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Tie-breaker
How many countries founded
in the 1950s what has become
the European Union?
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Quiz 5 questions
1 Which UK city is one of the 2008 European
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Franz Kafka’s birthplace, Wenceslaus Square,
the Charles Bridge and one of the largest
castles in the world. Where is this?
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2008 has been designated the European
Year of What?
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Situated on the River Douro. The locals’
nickname is tripeiros (tripe eaters).
Home to famous names such as
Cockburn’s, Taylor’s, Sandeman.
Where is it?
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When are the next European Parliament
elections due to be held?
Capitals of Culture?
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What is the European emergency number?
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the Last
Supper, the San Siro football stadium, the
ultra fashionable street Monte Napoleone.
Which European City?
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The Grand Sablon, the Atomium, the Parc
Cinquantenaire and the HQ of the European
Institutions are in which city?
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What replaced the health form E111
in January 2006 and is valid for 5 years
from date of registration? It gives the holder
rights to state medical treatment during a
temporary visit to one of the EEA countries
and Switzerland?
Which country currently (January - June 2008)
holds the six-month rotating EU Presidency?
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Tie-breaker
How many MEPs does
the UK currently have?
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In this round each answer begins with a different letter of the alphabet
Quiz 6 questions
A Special Haddock delicacies from Scotland?
B Known as Zubrowka in its native Poland a unique herb-flavoured spirit with a blade
of grass in each bottle?
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Spanish sausage?
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Another name for aubergine?
A classic French method of cooking a type
of stew, usually using a single joint of meat
braised in red-wine stock, with vegetables
and herbs?
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One of the great desserts of classic French
cuisine - a very light meringue on a sea of
custard sauce?
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Vegetables or citrus zest shredded or cut
into thin matchsticks or very fine shreds?
K
From the German meaning cherry, this
is a clear liqueur distilled from cherries
and their almond-flavoured stones.
Used in fondue?
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Small, chunky cubes of bacon (smoked
or unsmoked) used to flavour dishes such
as quiches. Can also be fried and scattered
in salads?
M
N
Name of a Spanish Cheese?
Greek Cheese?
Italian Cheese?
A heady mixture from the south of France
made up of any combination of basil, thyme,
oregano, marjoram, bay, sage, rosemary
and summer savory?
A confection made from boiled honey and/or
sugar syrup mixed with beaten egg white,
almonds and sometimes pistachios and
preserved fruit?
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A Greek spirit flavoured with aniseed.
Like French pastis, it’s usually served with
water which turns it whitish and opaque?
P
Ground bright red powder from sweet and
hot dried peppers. A favourite ingredient in
European cookery: in Austria and Hungary
it is a main flavouring in meat stews such
as goulash?
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A thick, creamy Greek dip made from olive
oil, fish roe, breadcrumbs and seasonings.
Usually served as a mezze dish or as an
hors d’oeuvre?
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V
All food items must carry a “date of durability”?
Cold French soup made from leeks
and potatoes?
Q
A fine minced fish or meat mixture formed
into small portions and poached in stock
and served in a sauce, or as a garnish to
other dishes?
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A classic English bottled sauce that is said
to have originated from an Indian recipe:
thin, spicy, dark-brown, fermented from a
variety of ingredients including anchovies?
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A rich vegetable Provençal stew, made
from aubergines, courgettes, sweet peppers,
tomatoes, onions and garlic simmered in olive
oil with herbs?
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Cornish Cheese.
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Well-known English Blue Cheese?
A rich, foamy Italian dessert
made by whisking egg yolks,
Marsala wine and sugar
together over a gentle heat.
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Quiz 7 questions
1 Born in Warsaw she was a pioneer in
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Which Danish physicist worked on the
Manhattan Project and after World War
Two argued for strict controls on the
manufacture of nuclear weapons?
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Professional cyclist born in Belgium
and regarded as the greatest and
most successful cyclist of all time.
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Born near Graz, Austria, currently
serving as the 38th Governor of the
US State of California. As a young man,
he gained widespread attention as a
highly successful bodybuilder.
the field of radioactivity and won both the
Nobel Prize for physics and for chemistry.
Who was she?
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Born in 1856, an Austrian neurologist and
psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic
school of psychology best known for
his theories of the unconscious mind.
He died in London in 1939. Who was he?
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Which famous Frenchman was Beethoven’s
Eroica symphony originally dedicated to?
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Which fashion designer created the
New Look of 1947?
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Who painted the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel?
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Who was the Swedish tennis player who
won five consecutive Wimbledon Men’s
Singles Titles?
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A French astrologer from Provence consulted
by Catherine de Medici among others and
still consulted today. Who was he?
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Quiz 8 questions
1 In the Greek alphabet A is alpha. What is E? 6
2 What is the name of the Moorish Palace
in Granada named after the Arabic word
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for Red?
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Which European country is known as
Suomi in its own language?
What Czech word is used to describe
a mechanical humanoid creation?
What is the derivation of the word whisky?
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Etsi k’etsi in Greek and così così in Italian what is it in English?
What word for press photographer(s)
comes from the name of a character
in the 1960 film “La Dolce Vita”
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Who in 1946 first applied the phrase
“Iron Curtain” to the division of the
Continent of Europe into east and west?
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What is the name of the legal ruling
made in relation to football referring
to a free transfer?
What is the English equivalent and what are
these onomatopoeic slogans marketing?
Spanish: “Pim, Pum, Pam!”
German: “Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!”
Swedish: “Piff! Paff! Puff!”
Finnish: “Riks! Raks! Poks!”
Dutch: “Pif! Paf! Pof!”
Tie-breaker
What word in the English language
from the Latin for the “common people”
is given to the direct vote of the
whole nation on a specific issue?
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Quiz 9 questions
1 Urban myth has it that one in ten
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Owned, developed and marketed by
Sir St John Harmsworth as the champagne
of mineral waters at the beginning of the
twentieth century this famous French
product is now part of Nestlé and is a major
commodity transported across the Atlantic.
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Rebajas, saldi, verkoop, wyprzelaz what are these in English?
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In women’s clothing a UK size 12 is
equivalent to which European size?
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Founded in Italy in 1989 as a resistance
movement to combat fast life and fast food.
Its logo is a snail. Now a world wide
organisation with over 80,000 members.
Europeans is conceived in a bed
bought from this store?
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What is a marché aux puces?
Its first store opened its doors in the
Netherlands in 1861 and has been
providing Europe with quality clothing
at reasonable prices ever since.
Expanded first 1911 to Germany and
1922 to England. Now serves 13 EU
countries including Slovenia and Hungary
though no longer in the UK or Ireland.
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Where is the largest market square
in Europe?
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What and where is the world’s oldest
department store?
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Originating in Germany and Austria in
the Middle Ages these popular & regular
seasonal events in town centres throughout
Europe feature attractions such as mulled
wine, gingerbread, and homemade crafts
and toys. Birmingham, Leeds and Belfast
are among UK cities with their own today.
What are they?
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Tesco is a major supermarket and
hypermarket operator in five EU
countries. Can you name three of them?
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Quiz 10 questions
1 How many stars does the European
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Which two European cities does Charles
Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities describe?
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How many time zones are there in the EU?
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Where did the Singing Revolution take place?
Flag have?
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Name one of the two top wine producing
countries in the world?
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What is the name of the Festival which
takes place in Munich every Autumn?
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Which country has borders with Belarus,
Lithuania, Estonia and Russia?
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How many countries are currently part
of the euro area?
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Known as the Holy Mountain it is the centre
of Eastern Christian Orthodox Monasticism.
Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty,
it is a treasury housing many artefacts and
monuments of religious, national and artistic
value. Women are not permitted to enter.
Where is it?
They played a major political, military,
and cultural role in medieval Europe and
the Near East. Famed for their martial spirit,
Christian piety and their culture, such as
their unique architecture. Invaders and
conquerors, they established a kingdom in
Sicily and southern Italy. Who were they?
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About the UK Office of
the European Parliament
In March 2008 the European Parliament
celebrated 50 years. On 19 March 1958,
142 delegates assembled for the first meeting
of the then European Parliamentary Assembly.
Today the European Parliament has 785 MEPs
from 27 Member States directly elected by the
people of the European Union every five years.
The UK Office of the European Parliament
provides information to the public, the media,
government, regional agencies and the business
community about the role and activities of the
Parliament itself and the EU generally.
It arranges briefings and seminars, takes part in
exhibitions, responds to enquiries, puts people
in contact with their MEPs, provides speakers,
and produces and distributes a range of
publications and educational materials.
It has a library and reading room which
are open to the public.
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... raise awareness
... help
... brief
... inform
... advise
... cooperate
... organise
... respond
... host
... connect
... rebut
... demystify
UK OFFICE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
UK Office of the European Parliament
2 Queen Anne’s Gate
London SW1H 9AA
Tel: 020 7227 4300
Fax: 020 7227 4302
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.europarl.org.uk
European Parliament Office
in Scotland
The Tun
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh EH8 8PJ
Tel: 0131 557 7866
Fax: 0131 557 4977
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.europarl.org.uk
The UK Office of the European Parliament is
part of the general secretariat of the European
Parliament and as such is non-partisan.
About Europe Day
During the Milan Summit in 1985, EU leaders
decided to celebrate 9 May every year as
Europe Day.
Today Europe Day is an annual celebration and
focus for the diversity of cultures within Europe
providing an opportunity to come together and
to learn more about the European Union.
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