Activities

On 5th October, at the invitation of the Mayor of Ringsheim Pascal Weber, Honorary Consul of France Michael Mack took part in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the community partnership Ringsheim – Albigny-sur-Saône.

Ringsheim signed the partnership deed with Albigny-sur-Saône, a French municipality near Lyon, in 1994. This 25-year anniversary was celebrated on the weekend of 5th and 6th October with a citizens’ meeting, to which more than 120 citizens from Albigny traveled to Germany, as well as a ceremony in the Ringsheim town hall. In his celebratory address, Honorary Consul Michael Mack praised the lively celebration, as the municipal partnerships are renewed again and again through events like this one in Ringsheim, where many children were also able to take part. In conclusion, he emphasised that all those involved in the partnership between Ringsheim and Albigny can be proud of their contribution to the Franco-German friendship.

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Michael and Miriam Mack accompanied Ms. Brigitte Klinkert, President of the Alsatian Departmental Council Haut-Rhin, on 9th July 2019, when she was presented the ‘Officier de la Légion d’Honneur’ badge. The French President Emmanuel Macron invited guests to the festive event in the fantastically decorated and magnificent Elysée Palace. As Honorary Consul of France, Michael Mack took this opportunity to further strengthen the Franco-German friendship with the French President.

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Michael Mack, Honorary Consul of the Republic of France, invited 4 bilingual schools (Haguenau, Ingersheim, Gerstheim, Mulhouse) from the ABCM Bilingual Association, of which Tomi Ungerer was Honorary President, to Europa-Park on 4th June 2019.

71 pupils were able to ride the Madame Freudenreich attraction and can now leaf through the Alsatian version of the book.

The children are attending 5th grade and are learning German and Alsatian, either in ‘immersion’ which means that they do not speak French at all at school, or in ‘classe bilingue’, alternating between German, Alsatian and French.
The aim of this initiative is to get young people excited about bilingualism in our region.

Viel Vergnieje on e scheener Dàj !

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Michael Mack’s Honorary Consular office in Freiburg organised the European elections for French citizens who wanted to vote for the French lists, in cooperation with the French Consulate General in Munich and the Franco-German High School in Freiburg.

A big thank you to the volunteers who supported the event, both before and during the election!

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Miriam Mack, 1st chairwoman of the European Centre for Fairy-Tale Culture, welcomed around 550 children to the German-French Fairy-Tale Day in Europa-Park on 13th May 2019. In addition to an exciting day in Europa-Park and a fairy-tale quiz, Miriam Mack performed a fairy-tale reading in the Fairy-Tale Cinema. Michael Mack, husband of Miriam Mack and Honorary Consul of the Republic of France, was also present at the event and very much enjoyed the reading.

The 5th Franco-German fairy-tale project was carried out by MÄRCHENLAND – European Centre for Fairy-Tale Culture e.V. and the Rectorat de l´Académie de Strasbourg. It is supported by a joint fund of the Région Grand-Est, the Départements Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin and the French state, Europa-Park, BBBank and the Franco-German Youth Office (DFJW).

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Do you live in Baden-Württemberg? Are you under 25?

It is a matter close to Honorary Consul of the Republic of France Michael Mack’s heart to support young people.

In this context, he cordially invites you to the ‘Euro Electro Show’ on Friday, 5th July 2019. A pyrotechnic show with a DJ awaits you and your friends!

For more information: https://acsl-furdenheim.org/

Please note: 100 tickets will be awarded. The first 100 registrations will each receive a ticket.

The registration period is unfortunately over. The winners were notified by email.

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On 14th May 2019, Michael Mack, in his role as Honorary Consul, joined the start of the first Eurodistrict school charity run in the garden of the Zwei Ufer between Strasbourg and Kehl.

This year, 23,700 children from 122 schools in the Eurodistrict (Eurométropole de Strasbourg and Ortenau) ran for a good cause.

4,500 children from 5th grade and CM2 used the opportunity for a Franco-German meeting and spent the day together with classmates from their partner school. Europa-Park donated 150 prizes for the fastest girls and boys.

The ‘Friends of the Carl Sandhaas School’ and the ‘l’Aide Régionale aux Handicapés Moteurs (ARAHM)’ association were selected as recipients of donations this year.

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The FEFA, Fondation Entente Franco-Allemande, has officially given a picture by Tomi Ungerer to the Mack family and Europa-Park. It is one of the last canvases of this size by Tomi Ungerer, which depicts Franco-German friendship.

Michael Mack, Honorary Consul of the Republic of France, warmly thanked him on behalf of the Mack family. For the art of Tomi Ungerer, a great friend of the Mack family, no place would have been more suitable than in Europa-Park.

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A French delegation of politicians from Alsace (Conseil Départemental du Haut-Rhin) visited Europa-Park on 30th April 2019. The goal of the day was to get to know Europa-Park as a company, as well as to get to know its future projects better and to exchange ideas on the subjects of recruitment, cross-border work and mobility.

The President Brigitte Klinkert had the opportunity to congratulate the Mack family and especially Mr. Michael Mack as Honorary Consul of France, and is looking forward to further good cooperation.

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On 5th February 2019, Michael Mack’s first appearance as Honorary Consul of France at the University of Freiburg was a great success. 

Mr. Mack welcomed teachers and students and reported on his own experience with the tri-national course, which he himself successfully completed in Colmar, Lörrach and Basel. We celebrated 20 years of an integrated course that enables French and German primary school teachers in France and Germany to work together. An important topic for Franco-German cooperation. En avant les jeunes!

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