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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10292
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/religion

Diary listing all festivals but Christian ones under fire

Brussels, 12/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission, speaking through spokesperson Frédéric Vincent, admitted that it had committed a “blunder” by giving its approval to the distribution of a diary targeted at schoolchildren in the European Union which does not list any Christian festivals, even though the festivals of other religions are included. “There was no downstream change, this was a 'blunder' on the part of the Commission. We must revise this text...

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