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Europe Day 2021: Musicians from 43 countries beat World Record whilst UK groups campaign for EU citizens

Heart-warming, funny, serious and thought-provoking posts all marked Europe Day 2021.

Andra Maciuca by Andra Maciuca
2021-05-11 12:12
in News, Politics
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Heart-warming, funny, serious and thought-provoking posts all marked Europe Day 2021.

The strong online response came as European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen joined other presidents of EU institutions at a conference hosted by the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

She delivered an emotional speech, in which she said the event was a “real opportunity to bring Europeans together”, rallying “around a common ambition for our future, just as previous generations did”.

Here are some of the best and most important reactions from the 71st anniversary of the European Union.

European Commission

Brussels’ most famous resident, Manneken Pis covered up for the day. Dressed in blue and yellow, the European Union flag definitely looked good on him.

Happy 🇪🇺 #EuropeDay from one of 🇧🇪 Brussels’ most famous residents, Manneken Pis!

Dressed up today in blue and yellow to celebrate peace, unity, diversity and solidarity in Europe. @EU4BE pic.twitter.com/TolvqtuQAZ

— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) May 9, 2021

And more than 1,300 musicians from dozens of countries united online to play Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’.

In doing so, they beat the World Record for the largest virtually-performing music ensemble.

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The symphony was adopted as EU’s official anthem in 1985.

Even celebrating apart, music unites us! 💙

More than 1,300 musicians from 43 countries have joined together to play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”.

They managed to beat the World Record for “largest virtually performing music ensemble”!#EuropeDay @euinde pic.twitter.com/K59gLXCrnx

— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) May 9, 2021

And an online playlist compiled by the European Commission had songs in various EU languages, from French and Portuguese to Slovenian and Bulgarian.

‘Don’t go’ by Hothouse Flowers was among the songs featured.

9 May marks the anniversary of the Schuman declaration, a starting point towards the EU we know today.

And there is no better way to celebrate this anniversary of peace and unity than with music! 🎺 🥁 🎸

Tune into our #EuropeDay EU Spotify playlist ↓https://t.co/OqG4aTqBAM

— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) May 8, 2021

EU citizens in the UK: Apply for Settled Status

Citizens from across the European Union who are residents in the UK urged others in a similar position to apply for the Settlement Scheme by June 30.

EU citizens have to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme by 30 June.
On #EuropeDay we would like to recognise the support Europeans living in the UK have received from 🇬🇧 NGOs, charities who are helping people to get #settledstatus.
💙 Thank you!#IamSettled pic.twitter.com/upPo2x21MU

— EU Delegation UK (@EUdelegationUK) May 9, 2021

And Head of the EU Delegation in the UK João Vale de Almeida, who has spoken to The London Economic about the “unprecedented” EU-UK agreement, also sent a reminder to EU citizens in the UK.

He marked Europe Day by meeting independent charity Settled for a picnic in London. Over the past month, the organisation helped 10,000 EU citizens to stay in the UK after Brexit.

Enjoyed meeting volunteers of @weareSettled at their #EuropeDay picnic in London. The Settled has helped 10K EU citizens with their settled status application in the past month. EU citizens in U.K. must apply until June 30. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/pYSC7ED1ss

— ValedeAlmeidaEU (@ValedeAlmeidaEU) May 9, 2021

And campaign group Swansea for Europe wrote a big warning on beach sand, reminding EU citizens of the application deadline.

@Swansea4Europe time for our #EuropeDay2021 picnic now.
Please pass on our @WeAreSettled message. @NDevon4Europe @WalesForEurope @GrassrootsEU pic.twitter.com/34azCyAd34

— SwanseaWalker4EU (@EuWalker4) May 9, 2021

Did you know these facts about Europe?

Do you know which country has the most castles in Europe? Or how many languages are spoken across the continent, and how much of Europe’s population can speak English?

Journalist Becca Carey put together a video with some of the most interesting facts about the EU.

Today is #EuropeDay2021 🇪🇺 and I couldn’t resist creating yet another thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/6RroF5ldhT

— Becca Carey (@becca_carey_) May 9, 2021

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