European Commission In Scotland

Keep an eye on the website of the European Commission for the latest on the Brexit negotiations & Michel BarnierвҖҷs agenda:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/brexit-ne gotiations_en

Roman Frontiers Exhibition Public event today 3pm - 4pm Kirkintilloch Town Hall
To mark the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) 2018, Scottish Civic TrustвҖҷs Doors Open Days is working in partnership with the European Commission Office in Scotland and North of England Civic Trust (NECT), the EYCH UK Co-ordinator, to tour this exhibition across Scotland through the month of September 2018.
... The venues showcasing the exhibition are:
Maid of the Loch, Balloch w/c 27th August 2018
Kirkintilloch Town Hall w/c 3rd September
Callendar House, Falkirk w/c 10th September
Library of Innerpeffrey, Crieff w/c 17th September
Cramond Kirk, Cramond w/c 24th September
http://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/вҖҰ/roman -frontiers-exhibitiвҖҰ/
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The European Commission will register a new European citizens' initiative 'End the Cage Age' which will then aim to collect 1 million signatures of support.
The stated objectives of the proposed Citizens' Initiative are to end "inhumane treatment of farm animals" kept in cages. The organisers are asking the Commission to propose legislation to prohibit the use of: cages for laying hens, rabbits, pullets, broiler breeders, layer breeders, quail, ducks and geese; farrowing crat...es for sows; sow stalls and individual calf pens, where not already prohibited. The Commission's decision to register the Initiative concerns only the legal admissibility of the proposal. The Commission has not analysed the substance at this stage. The registration of this Initiative will take place on 11 September 2018, starting a one-year process of collection of signatures of support by its organisers. Should the initiative receive one million statements of support within one year, from at least seven different Member States, the Commission will have to react within three months. The Commission can decide either to follow the request or not, and in both instances would be required to explain its reasoning вҶ’ http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-1 8-5521_en.htm
Do you have an idea for an initiative too? Share and discuss here вҶ’ https://collab.ec.europa.eu/вҖҰ/IDEвҖҰ/Id eas%20for%20initiatives
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One week to go until the State of the Union Speech! Stay tuned!

The 4th of September marks the 55th anniversary of the death of Robert Schuman who is regarded as the architect of the European integration project.
The statesman Robert Schuman, a qualified lawyer and French Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1948 and 1952, is indeed regarded as one of the founding fathers of European unity. In cooperation with Jean Monnet he drew up the internationally renowned Schuman Plan, which he published on 9 May 1950, the date now regarded as the birth of the European Union. He proposed joint control of coal and steel production, the most important materials for the armaments industry.
The basic idea was that whoever did not have control over coal and steel production would not be able to fight a war.

Schoolchildren to receive milk, fruits and vegetables at school thanks to EU programme рҹҘӣрҹҚҺрҹҘҰрҹҚҸрҹҚ’ Aimed at promoting healthy eating habits among children, the EU school scheme includes the distribution of fruit, vegetables and milk products, as well as dedicated educational programmes to teach pupils about the importance of good nutrition and to explain how food is produced.
With the number of participating schools increasing, the healthy eating initiative reached over 30 million... children across the European Union in the 2017/2018 school year.
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, said: "It is important to know where our food comes from and the hard work that comes with it. With the EU school schemes, not only do the children learn about farming and food production but they also taste quality produce and benefit from their nutritional values. It is never too early to enjoy good food!"
Read more about the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme here https://bit.ly/2mpwho0
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The Commission decided today to ask the Council for a mandate to discuss with the United States the review of the functioning of an existing quota to import hormone-free beef into the European Union.
Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan said: "By requesting this mandate to the Council the Commission is delivering on an engagement taken earlier this year to try to address some concerns raised by the United States on the functioning of the quota in a mutually satisfactory so...lution that is fully in line with WTO rules. By taking this step, we are also contributing to ease tensions across the Atlantic, in line with the agreement reached by President Juncker in July. As we send this proposal to the Council I want to reassure European producers that the already existing beef quota under the Memorandum of Understanding will remain at exactly the same level. And I want also to reassure our consumers that the said quota will continue to cover only products complying with Europe's high food safety and health standards, in this case only non-hormone treated beef."
In their Joint Statement of 25 July, President Juncker and President Trump agreed to "launch a new phase in the relationship between the United States and the European Union" also through a specific set of measures. The European Commission has been actively following-up and delivering on the different elements of that statement, notably on the increase of trade in soybeans and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
More info here: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-1 8-5481_en.htm
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A challenge for young language lovers: we launched our annual translation contest for schools.
The European Commission's translation department invites students from across Europe to test their translation skills in the 12th edition of its annual Juvenes Translatores contest. This year, teenagers with a taste for languages will translate a text on the topic of cultural heritage.... The theme has been chosen to honour the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. Participants can choose to translate between any two of the 552 possible language combinations using the EU's 24 official languages. Last year saw school students translating texts from Polish into Finnish, from Czech into Greek, and from Croatian into Swedish, to name a few of the 144 combinations used. https://bit.ly/2N5OgMY Juvenes Translatores #juvenestranslatores #EYCH2018
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вҖјпёҸReminder - Free EU Citizens event in Lerwick, Shetland вқ—рҹҮӘрҹҮәпёҸ
On Tuesday 4 September 6-8pm at Shetland College UHI.
рҹҳғRegister for the event here: https://eventbrite.co.uk/вҖҰ/eu-citizens- rights-free-event-leвҖҰ
... Unable to go along in person on Tuesday? Not a problem!
рҹ“һрҹ’»рҹӨ—Find out about how you can participate and connect with the event via telephone or video conferencing links on the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/205056690 366366/
вӣөвҡ“рҹҸҙу Ғ§у Ғўу Ғіу ҒЈу Ғҙу Ғҝ
Event hosted by EU Citizens Rights Project- Scotland and European Commission in Scotland рҹҸҙу Ғ§у Ғўу Ғіу ҒЈу Ғҙу ҒҝрҹҮӘрҹҮәпёҸ