Press Release: Start of the first schools competition on the topic of the EU budget

The European Commission’s Budget Directorate-General is asking pupils aged between 15 and 19 from Germany and Austria to have a close look at the EU budget and submit their findings in the form of a report or short video. Pupils will, for example, be able to report on EU projects being conducted in their area. A jury consisting of leading journalists from newspapers, magazines and television, who themselves report on European affairs every day, will select the best entries. The winners will travel to Brussels, where they will meet the EU Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget, Janusz Lewandowski