I'd like to see your evidence for this statement. Her speech is on her website and she said no such thing. You can watch a video of it here if you want:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/ commun..._parliament.ram

In contrast, here's what Parliament Magazine had this to say recently:
"Wallstrom was staggered to be attacked for her suggestions that schools and universities should share information on the best materials for teaching students, as part of civic education or European studies, about the EU. She bristles at suggestions in the British tabloid press and by the European Parliament's UK Conservative leader, Timothy Kirkhope, that such lessons would be 'brainwashing'. "I find it absolutely appalling. What do they mean? Should we keep it a secret that these Institutions exist and take decisions that affect the daily lives of all European citizens? We teach people about our national political systems and decision-making structures, of course they have to know about what happens at the European level. Does it even have to be said? You should know about your civic rights. It might even be a good thing if more people knew about CAP because maybe then we could reform it quicker."
Joe | Homepage | 28.02.06 - 12:20 pm | #

You know where I got it from because

1. I quote my sources
2. You commented on the original article that I got this from

So Margaret Walstrom's objective is not to promote EU citizenship to children over and above their own national citizenship?

Of course it is! That's the ultimate purpose of the EU - to replace the member states with a United States of Europe.

It's people like Walstrom that turned me into a Euro-sceptic and it's only recently happened.

We struggle enough to assert our English nationality here as it is without having to fight against the ever interfering EU trying to replace our national identity with a European one.

It's time the EU gave up wasting time, effort and money on the UK. The writing is on the wall, we will be leaving the EU and it's not going to be long before it happens.

FYI dear readers, "Joe" is the moderator of Margaret Walstrom's blog.
wonkotsane | Homepage | 28.02.06 - 3:43 pm | #