What is there to celebrate as the EU turns 60? Well, quite a lot actually. Asked to consider the real changes the EU has brought to the daily lives of its citizens, Cambre team members were not short on accomplishments to highlight.
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To top three of “Freedom”, “A Safe and United Market” and “Justice and Peace” made it onto our birthday card for the bloc – download it here and feel free to share! Below (in no particular order) are just a few of the other things that the EU has done for us that made the shortlist. Happy birthday to our European Union!
- No more border queues
- Erasmus – studying abroad and meeting other young Europeans at our home universities
- The freedom to travel, live, work, do business and retire anywhere in the EU
- Health protection abroad
- The Euro and the ease of payment across borders
- Compensation for delayed flights
- The right to return products and get a refund
- Minimum maternity leave and parental leave
- Cheaper consumer goods
- 2-year guarantee on all products
- Safer products thanks to high harmonised standards
- Safer communities thanks to the cross-border fight against crime, but also laws on such things as child abduction
- Mutual recognition of degrees and qualifications, but also of marriages, divorces, etc.
- The Ecolabel
- Energy efficiency labelling on products
- Regional funding to improve infrastructure in poorer areas
- Minimum rules on paid annual leave (4 weeks) and a 48h limit to weekly working hours
- Better air and water quality, clean beaches (and environment more generally)
- Rules on tobacco sales and smoke free work environments
- Lower mobile calls and roaming rates