WWW. EUROPEUNIE.COM : the information
portal of Europe with 27 member countries.
www.europeunie.com was launched in October
2002 following the creation of the European Convention which suggested
the adoption of a new name for the European Union. The European Convention
and his President, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, had proposed
choosing a new name for the EU at the opening ceremony of the 53rd
academic year of the Bruges Campus of the College of Europe on 2 October
2002 :
What
will this new and better Union be called ?
It seems to me that four possible names present themselves :
- Communauté européenne,
- Union européenne,
- Europe unie,
- Etats unis d'Europe
In English :
- European Community,
- European Union,
- United Europe,
- United States of Europe.
This is no trivial issue, for the name has a symbolic force, making
clear to every citizen the nature and thrust of the European project.
Today, the project of European Constitution is always under discussion,
but Europeunie.com is more than ever the gateway of all the initiatives
and information about Europe.