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Happy Europe Day!!

European Union Celebrates in NYC!!

New York's iconic Empire State Building is bathed in the colors of the European Union (EU)
as Europeans celebrate the anniversary of the EU on 9 May.  On that day in 1950, the historic 
proposal for the first tentative steps of European integration were taken.

Almost seventy years later Europe is Whole and Free.   The EU currently has 28 member states,
including the United Kingdom.

Here in a jovial moment, Ambassador Joao Vale de Almeida of Portugal greets delegates and  friends
at the EU's New York celebration.