On the road to victory : inspired by the EU budget, a class of international students from Bratislava funds an adventure-packed school trip across Europe.
Date: 2014-03-18
Institutions: Directorate-General for Budget
Subjects: Community budget, EU Member State, EU budget, dissemination of EU information, graphic illustration, international competition, young person

On the road 
to victory

Inspired by the EU budget, 
a class of international students 
from Bratislava funds
an adventure-packed school trip 
across Europe

European Commission, Directorate-General for the Budget 

Manuscript completed in August 2013   

Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission may be 
held responsible for the use of the information contained in this publication.   

Cover by François Duprat and Rudi Miel – © European Union   

This publication has been authored by François Duprat and Rudi Miel. The authors would like to thank the 
Directorate-General for the Budget of the European Commission for its contribution to the story’s scenario.

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Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2014

ISBN: 978-92-79-33211-1

doi:10.2761/70279

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We had fun with
the EU budget,
but wanted to learn more.
Did you know that you can find 
out more here?
http://ec.europa.eu/budget.

You can also try the quizzes:
goo.gl/hAQ6cQ.

Well, the
EU budget is also on Facebook 
(http://facebook.com/EUBudget), 
Twitter (http://twitter.com/EU_
Budget) and Google+ (http://goo.gl/

Well, websites and e-mails 
are the ‘middle-ages’. I only 
use Facebook ...

wXZrq). There are even 
videos about the EU 
budget on Youtube
(goo.gl/nAXoP0).

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doi:10.2761/70279