What has Europe ever done for us?

To show the benefits of the EU is no easy task. We rarely see the immediate results of actions taken at the EU level, and most of them are presented from a national perspective. This has meant that the EU has sometimes in the past been blamed for the outcomes of certain actions, but almost never praised for others.

The idea behind the animation “What has Europe ever done for us?” is to tackle this lack of visibility concerning the results of EU action. It is based on the excerpt from the Monthy Python “Life of Brian” movie made in 1979 where the Roman influence on the citizens is presented in a positive light. As the original sketch, the “What has Europe ever done for us?” also uses humor in order to present to the public its goals. The main achievements of the EU are thus presented as a good teaser for the debates.

The web portals "What has Europe ever done for us?" is one of the main components of the campaign Speak up Europe launched in order to facilitate the debate on the European Union (EU) which is grounded in the framework of the Plan D launched by the European Commission and seeks to investigate the opinions and concerns of EU citizens on a wide range of topics related to EU policies.


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