Europe. Quite Important
From the
BBC News
bq. This is the low-key slogan for "Europe Year" in the Netherlands, which begins in March, four months before the start of the Dutch EU presidency in July.
bq. A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman told BBC News Online it would not be the motto of the Dutch presidency itself.
bq. "This campaign will be for parts of Dutch society who are not well-briefed on Europe," she said.
bq. She added that the slogan, "Europe. Quite Important" ("Europa. Best Belangrijk"), and the rest of the campaign would have a "big kick-off" in a few weeks.
And more:
bq. "The aim is to get Dutch people interested in what is is going on in Europe, and to make them think whether it is good for them in their daily life. They should make up their own mind," the spokeswoman said.
Anyone else think this is positively Orwellian...
let me quote part of the article: "
This campaign will be for parts of Dutch society who are not well-briefed on Europe"
Holland occupies an area (land and water) of 41,526 sq km.
This is about twice the size of the US State of New Jersey.
France is 547,030 sq km. or more than 13 times bigger.
How could Holland
NOT be well briefed on Europe?
On the other hand, most drugs are legal there so this might explain a lot...
Posted by DaveH at January 26, 2004 8:24 PM