Pat Cox, the President of the European Movement International, today joined the Press Conference of Europalia.europa held in Palais d’Egmont, the Belgian Foreign Ministry.

As President of the EMI, Pat Cox took the function of Commissioner General for Europe in the framework of the upcoming edition of Europalia Festival that will take place across Belgium from October 2007 until February 2008. Previous editions of the Festival were always focused on a specific country, while the upcoming one will be focused on 27 member states of the European Union – due to the celebrations of the 50 years of the EU in 2007.

Europalia.europa will present the culture of Europe and its 27 Member States through series of exhibitions – ancient, modern and contemporary art, photography, crafts, mode and design – and also a variety of events: orchestras, musical ensembles and soloists, theatre, dance, literary and scientific colloquia, conferences, cinema retrospectives, folkloric and popular traditional performances, gastronomy combine with exhibitions to offer the most complete view possible.

To learn more about Europalia, visit www.europalia.be.