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In a report to the European Commission President, Jean Claude Juncker’s special adviser Luc Van den Brande called on Eurocrats to offer children a “European studies curriculum” that will begin “all stages of education, from primary school onwards”. And in a bid to improve “outreach to citizens” of the EU, he called for the creation of a “Buses4Peace initiative” which will tell youngsters how the bloc brought peace to Europe after the Second World War. The report suggests children should grow up having had a “Europe-orientated” schooling. One of the inspirations for submerging the youth in the logic of Brussels was the UK’s decision to leave the bloc, the report claims.

GETTY One of the inspirations for submerging the youth in the logic of Brussels was the UK’s vote to leave

The report said: “The referendum on membership of the EU that was held in the United Kingdom on 23 June 2016 provides an excellent example of how young people today position themselves with respect to the European Union. “For the older generations, Europe was the point of arrival; for millennials, Europe is the point of departure, since it is all they have ever known.” Mr Van Den Brande’s report went on to claim the young “tend to be more ‘Euro-critical’ than ‘Eurosceptic’ and are often aware of the advantages of the Union”. Responding to the report Ukip MEP Ray Finch said: “The EU’s desire to indoctrinate our children into becoming willing servants of the EU state is very worrying indeed.

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GETTY He called on Eurocrats to offer children a 'European studies curriculum'

“That Juncker and co are pushing into schools is a sinister development which parents should oppose with all their might." It also calls on Brussels to use celebrities, sports stars and students to a relentlessly push a pro-European message and help repair the bloc’s battered reputation. A popularity boost could be achieved by introducing a new curriculum across Europe and “mobilising” celebrities and former Erasmus students to extol the virtues of the bloc, the report says. Their job would be to “explain clearly the cost of a ‘disunited Europe’ and the importance of political stability” with the author saying the “ loss of popularity of the Union… is caused by reduced engagement by the general public that can only partly be explained by an information deficit”.

GETTY It also calls on Brussels to use celebrities, sports stars and students to a push a pro-EU message

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