Today is the 9th of May. So what, you’ll say? Ahh, but wait – it’s a very special day! We are celebrating Europe Day!

On the 9th of May 1950 the French foreign minister Robert Schuman made a declaration which led to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, the organisation which became the basis for what we now know as the European Union. You can be sure that our lives would look very different if he hadn’t made that speech, and we at BuzzParadise are very grateful to him – who knows if we would be able to conduct our European campaigns for you if he hadn’t? And how much fun we all would have missed!

OK, fun, campaigns - but what else has the EU done for us, you ask?

So we say: Happy birthday, EU, and many happy returns of the day!

PS: Want to test your knowledge about the EU? Here’s a fun little quiz. And did you know that the EU has its own YouTube channel called Eutube?