With blue floodlighting and a circle of twelve stars, the Eiffel Tower will be donning the colours of Europe every evening from 30 June onwards.
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To mark its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, France is launching a ground-breaking initiative by inviting its 26 EU partners to showcase the best of their heritage and creative talent during the second half of 2008.
Under the title of the European Cultural Season, this series of events will highlight the creative vitality of European cultures as well as the strengths of a largely shared identity through a common European cultural heritage.
Hundreds of events have been staged around France to bring this Europe of creation and heritage to as many people as possible.
In September 2008 the French boy and girl scouts introduced the European explorative path Terres d'Aventures.
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On Monday, 1 September, the President of the French Republic, in his role as current president of the European Council, met with a delegation from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) led by its President, Wanja Lundby-Wedin, and General Secretary, John Monks. The meeting was also attended by the leaders of French trade unions belonging to the ETUC: Bernard Thibault (CGT), François Chereque (CFDT), Jean-Claude Mailly (FO), Jacques Voisin (CFTC) and Alain Olive (UNSA).
moreOn the occasion of the French Presidency of the European Union Council, following on the exhibition "A European Glance at France ", the Cultural Service of the Embassy of France in Ireland presents an exhibition entitled "A French Glance at Europe ", in Dublin.
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The new school year in vocational agricultural colleges will feature a number of events highlighting the value of European cooperation activities in farm colleges and higher education establishments.
moreThe Toulouse Film Archive is dedicating its entire September 2008 program to the diversity of the boundaries that form Europe: political, cultural, linguistic boundaries, etc.
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