The first year students of Martínez Vargas High School are creating a blog for the Euroscola competition on the theme of Spain's evolution since joining the European Union. The blog will focus on the Somontano region and the LEADER Project, which has helped the region's economic development by supporting entrepreneurs. The blog contains facts about the EU that the students hope readers will find interesting.

1.
The
students
of
the
first
year
of
A
levels
of
the
Martínez
Vargas
high
school
are
creating
a
blog
for
the
Euroscola
competition.
This
year
the
theme
they
presented
is
the
evolution
of
Spain
from
its
entrance
in
the
European
Union.
This
year
we
are
celebrating
the
30
anniversary
of
this
event.
We
have
decided
to
focus
our
blog
in
the
Somontano’s
región
and
together
with
this
in
the
LEADER
Project
that
has
been
a
great
help
to
the
development
of
the
region.
The
LEADER
Project
has
as
main
function
in
our
region
to
be
a
support
for
its
economic
development
through
helping
entrepreneurs.
In
this
brochure
we
show
curiosities
about
the
European
Union
that
we
consider
interesting
and
it
is
sure
you
will
learn
some
data
you
did
not
know
before.
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CURIOSITIES
ABOUT THE
EUROPEAN
UNION

2.
DID
YOU
KNOW?
The
flag
is
not
only
the
symbol
of
the
European
Union,
but
of
the
unity
and
identity
of
Europe
in
a
wider
sense.
The
golden
stars
circle
represents
solidarity
and
harmony
in
between
European
nations.
The
number
of
stars
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
member
states
number.
There
are
twelve
starts
because
number
twelve
is
traditionally
the
symbol
of
perfection,
of
completeness
and
unity.
Therefore,
the
flag
will
not
change
with
future
expansions.
In
relationship
with
the
European
hymn
the
used
melody
to
represent
the
EU
is
part
of
the
Ninth
Symphony,
created
by
Ludwig
van
Beethoven.
The
slogan
of
the
European
Union
is
“United
in
Diversity”.
It
refers
to
the
way
in
which
the
Europeans
got
linked
through
the
creation
of
the
EU,
to
work
favouring
peace
and
prosperity,
taking
profit
at
the
same
time
of
the
great
culture,
traditions
and
languages
diversity
of
the
continent.
In
between
the
80
and
90
percent
of
Europe
was
once
covered
by
forests,
but
it
has
been
reduced
in
Occidental
Europe
in
a
3
per
cent.
Europe
has
been
shaken
by
war
along
its
history
until
de
point
that
more
tan
70
previous
countries
have
been
beaten
and
they
no
longer
appear
on
maps.
From
the
first
of
January
2007,
Bulgaria
and
Rumanian
members
of
the
European
Union.
The
smallest
country
in
Europe
is
The
Vaticane,
which
is
considered
a
separated
from
Italy
in
spite
of
being
inside
the
limits
of
the
city
of
Rome.
The
biggest
city
in
Europe
is
Paris
with
a
population
of
more
than
11
million
people.
The
Sapienza
University
of
Rome
is
the
biggest
in
Europe
with
around
184,000
students.
Europe
produces
the
18
per
cent
of
petroleum
of
the
whole
world.
The
European
Union
has
28
state
members.
The
great
Roman
inventions
widely
mentioned
by
scholars
were
actually
created
by
the
Etruscan,
a
small
village
in
the
South
of
Italy
nowadays.
The
first
World
War
lasted
from
1914
to
1918
caused
a
big
change
in
the
four
great
empires,
or
caused
them
to
disappear
completely:
the
German
Empire,
the
Austro-­‐Hungarian,
Ottoman
and
the
Russian.
The
first
country
of
Europe
embracing
the
industrial
revolution
was
Great
Britain.
Adolf
Hitler
was
not
German.
He
was
Austrian,
he
was
born
in
the
small
town
of
Braunau
am
Inn.
It
is
estimated
that
62
million
people
died
in
the
Second
World
War,
the
2,5
per
cent
of
the
world’s
population
in
that
moment.
The
ten
most
generous
countries
of
the
world
when
dealing
with
charity
are
found
in
Europe.
The
majority
of
the
European
countrieshave
adopted
the
Euro
as
coin,
although
the
United
Kingdom,
is
still
using
Pounds.
Europe
is
the
second
smallest
continent
with
around
10,180,000
square
kilometres.
Europe
comes
from
the
name
of
a
Phoenician
princess
from
the
Greek
mithology.
Europe
is
one
of
the
continents
with
the
lowest
level
of
fertility.
Europe
has
more
than
700
million
inhabitants.
Germany
is
the
biggest
economic
power
and
plays
an
essential
role
in
the
European
Union.
The
adhesion
of
Spain
into
the
European
Union
was
in
1986.