BBC NEWS: Have Your Say - The EU at 50: Your reflections

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Have Your Say - The EU at 50: Your reflections

The European Union is celebrating its 50th anniversary on 25 March - the date when the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957. Four BBC News website readers - aged 25 to 50 - share their experiences and feelings after half a century of the Union.

Editorial Note EU-Digest: It is scandalous that local governments and the population in the EU, who have gained so much from being part of the EU have not turned this 50 year anniversary into a Europe-wide national ceremony and festivity, promoting the positive results and benefits of being part of the EU. Schools should be involved with a variety of events. Politicians, Captains of Industry, Mayors all over Europe should be holding speeches. Instead apathy by inward looking politicians and unmotivated citizens. The question which arises - do Europeans really have what it takes to be unified? The time for action is now.