On the road to victory

On the road to victory Inspired by the EU budget, a class of international students from Bratislava funds an adventure-packed school trip across Europe

European Commission, Directorate-General for the Budget Manuscript completed in August 2013 Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission may be held responsible for the use of the information contained in this publication.

Cover by François Duprat and Rudi Miel – © European Union This publication has been authored by François Duprat and Rudi Miel. The authors would like to thank the Directorate-General for the Budget of the European Commission for its contribution to the story’s scenario.

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Play and learn more about the EU! Why not test what you have learned in this book and play the ‘Let’s explore Europe‘ game online?

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You can also try the quizzes: goo.gl/hAQ6cQ.

Well, the EU budget is also on Facebook (http://facebook.com/EUBudget), Twitter (http://twitter.com/EU_ Budget) and Google+ (http://goo.gl/ wXZrq). There are even videos about the EU Well, websites and e-mails budget on Youtube are the ‘middle-ages’. I only (goo.gl/nAXoP0). use Facebook ...

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We had fun with the EU budget, but wanted to learn more.

Did you know that you can find out more here? http://ec.europa.eu/budget.

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