On 4 and 5
July, winners of the 13th edition of the EA/CoR Secondary Schools
Competition visited Brussels and the plenary session of the European Committee
of the Regions (CoR). Twenty seven students aged 14 to 19 and their teachers
from eight Member States presented their regions and schools to members of the
EA group and later had an opportunity to meet CoR President Mr Karl-Heinz
Lambertz.
The visit
to Brussels represents a highlight of the competition which saw students
demonstrate their knowledge of the EU through a written multiple-choice test
and an essay on 2018 as the European Year of Cultural Heritage.
In addition
to the visit to the CoR, the students also visited the European Parliament, House
of the European History and Brussels city centre.
The EA
Group Secondary Schools Competition has been running since 2006. It celebrates
the diversity of Europe's regions and gives young students a possibility to see
first-hand how EU institutions work and meet their peers from across the
continent. This year's participants came from Estonia, Ireland, Italy,
Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Scotland and Slovakia.