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To mark the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration and the celebration of the 2020 Europe Day, the Europe Direct Information CentreÌýÌýat the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ and the European CommissionÌýÌýhave produced a book entitledÌýDe la déclaration du 9 mai 1950 vers l’³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon européenneÌý(‘From the Declaration of 9 May 1950 to the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon’), published by the Publications Office of the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon.

This original book with a pressrun of 1000 copies, which will be of interest to people from all walks of life, opens with a preface by Madam Yuriko Backes, European Commission representative in Luxembourg, before exploring the historical significance of the Schuman Declaration, its echoes in the present day, Ìýand also Robert Schuman’s links with Luxembourg and the role played by the country and its key personalities in the European integration process. A separate section presents the Robert Schuman House in Clausen, managed by the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity since 2016, where the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is planning to host a variety of outstanding academic and public events.The Publications Office of the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon is currently disseminating the French version and preparing English and German versions for wider circulation among the 27 Member States of the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon. Copyright is held jointly by the European ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõon and the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ.The Europe Direct Information Centre at the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ (EDIC) is the outcome of the successful participation of the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity in a multiannual competitive programme of the European Commission (2018-2020). Based in the Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC) EDIC is coordinated by the C²ÌýDH and carried out by a team composed byÌýÌýand Joana da Silva.Ìý