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Youngsters say yes to Europe, whatever it is
Young people from Children's Express discuss what it means to be European
A new survey of children's views on Europe shows 89 per cent think we should be in the EU. But they are confused about what it stands for. Shahi Ahmed; 14, said: I don't know whether to call myself European, because I don't know what it means."
| Some thought the EU was the tunnel linking Britain to France. |
In a discussion with a Children's Express panel, Camilla Richards, 13, blamed the media: They mention ridiculous things like straight bananas. But I agree with what the media did on fishing policy.
The seven to 14-year-olds interviewed in the survey - commissioned by the Observer and the BBC children's programme Short Change - included some who thought the EU was the tunnel linking Britain to France, others that it was a European song contest.
One in five thought the United States was in Europe.
