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Having been in multiple educational institutions in different EU countries I have never seen this anywhere. Did you perhaps confuse this with the common signs

Having been in multiple educational institutions in different EU countries I have never seen this anywhere. Did you perhaps confuse this with the common signs indicating that the EU funded that particular project/institution?

emteycz 5y ago
I am not confusing anything, that's exactly what I mean. The EU sends a minor (sub 1%, in many cases) contribution but its flag must be displayed on the right side of the local flag facing the children/people - that's exactly the problem. Now the flag is everywhere - public parks, public transit, hospitals, schools, etc - and today's children think there was nothing before the great EU funds rescued us from total poverty - a total lie.
- detaro 5y ago
  EU contributions do not lead to any flagging requirements, flags on public buildings are state decisions. (E.g. here in Germany, even different federal states have differing policies on flying the EU flag - some do it if there is space, others only if there is a specific EU-relevant event going on, similar to UN flags) The funding programmes generally literally just require you to put a poster up for smaller contributions, for >500k€ you need a "permanent" sign if its a building etc, for projects a mention in info material. If a single "this building was supported through EU fund ABC with XXXXXX €" sign (AFAIK the amount is allowed to be listed but not required, and anyways far from your "present in classes" claim, and far from the level described in the article) leads to people thinking that's all that was impossible otherwise, that sounds like an education problem. And is not that out of the ordinary for funding contributions - here it's not unusual to see that sign grouped with equal large signs of other (state, federal, ...) authorities providing funding.
- tomcooks 5y ago
  Sub 1% is a figure I don't see anywhere here https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries/member-countries/czechia_en https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries/member-c... Edit: ah yes, less than 1% is what Chzechia contributes TO the EU. ``` Intra-EU trade accounts for 84% of the Czech Republic’s exports (Germany 32%, Slovakia 8% and Poland 6%), while outside the EU 2% goes to both the United States and Russia. In terms of imports, 76% come from EU Member States (Germany 29%, Poland 9% and Slovakia 6%), while outside the EU 8% come from China and 2% from the United States. ``` ``` Total EU spend in Czechia – € 4.123 billion (equivalent to 2.10 % of the Czech economy) Total contribution to EU budget – € 1.720 billion (equivalent to 0.88 % of the Czech economy) ```
  - emteycz 5y ago
    You're talking about irrelevant figures. That the country receives money from the EU does not mean that everything was built by the EU. I am talking about contributions to specific projects - public infrastructure, schools, etc, which are funded by local government (local meaning towns, not states, funded by property taxes, completely disconnected from these EU funds you link to) with minor contributions from EU funds.

emteycz 5y ago

I am not confusing anything, that's exactly what I mean. The EU sends a minor (sub 1%, in many cases) contribution but its flag must be displayed on the right side of the local flag facing the children/people - that's exactly the problem. Now the flag is everywhere - public parks, public transit, hospitals, schools, etc - and today's children think there was nothing before the great EU funds rescued us from total poverty - a total lie.

detaro 5y ago
EU contributions do not lead to any flagging requirements, flags on public buildings are state decisions. (E.g. here in Germany, even different federal states have differing policies on flying the EU flag - some do it if there is space, others only if there is a specific EU-relevant event going on, similar to UN flags) The funding programmes generally literally just require you to put a poster up for smaller contributions, for >500k€ you need a "permanent" sign if its a building etc, for projects a mention in info material. If a single "this building was supported through EU fund ABC with XXXXXX €" sign (AFAIK the amount is allowed to be listed but not required, and anyways far from your "present in classes" claim, and far from the level described in the article) leads to people thinking that's all that was impossible otherwise, that sounds like an education problem. And is not that out of the ordinary for funding contributions - here it's not unusual to see that sign grouped with equal large signs of other (state, federal, ...) authorities providing funding.
tomcooks 5y ago
Sub 1% is a figure I don't see anywhere here https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries/member-countries/czechia_en https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries/member-c... Edit: ah yes, less than 1% is what Chzechia contributes TO the EU. ``` Intra-EU trade accounts for 84% of the Czech Republic’s exports (Germany 32%, Slovakia 8% and Poland 6%), while outside the EU 2% goes to both the United States and Russia. In terms of imports, 76% come from EU Member States (Germany 29%, Poland 9% and Slovakia 6%), while outside the EU 8% come from China and 2% from the United States. ``` ``` Total EU spend in Czechia – € 4.123 billion (equivalent to 2.10 % of the Czech economy) Total contribution to EU budget – € 1.720 billion (equivalent to 0.88 % of the Czech economy) ```
- emteycz 5y ago
  You're talking about irrelevant figures. That the country receives money from the EU does not mean that everything was built by the EU. I am talking about contributions to specific projects - public infrastructure, schools, etc, which are funded by local government (local meaning towns, not states, funded by property taxes, completely disconnected from these EU funds you link to) with minor contributions from EU funds.