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!
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
French schoolchildren visit local company Europa-Park
The Franco-German Youth Office, and Michael Mack as Honorary Consul of France, invited 24 high school graduates from Strasbourg and 52 students from Châtenois in Alsace to Europa-Park for a Discovery Day. The aim of this day for Europa-Park is to introduce young French people to German-French cooperation in the context of work and to motivate them to learn the German language in order to open up new career opportunities for themselves on the European job market. In 2018, a total of almost 6,500 students took part in Discovery Day, including 41 cross-border company visits.
At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Michael Mack took part in the Choose France Summit in the Palace of Versailles on Monday 21st January 2019.
Over 150 managing directors from major international companies (such as Microsoft, Uber, Snap, Ikea, Cisco, Procter & Gamble, General Electric, JPMorgan, HSBC, Allianz, Bayer, BMW, Daimler) were informed on and discussed investment opportunities in France.
In the evening, Emmanuel Macron invited guests to a festive dinner in a beautiful location.
As Honorary Consul of the Republic of France, Michael Mack was invited to the tri-national meeting in Colmar by Mrs. Klinkert, President of the Conseil départemental du Haut-Rhin, and Mr. Bierry, President of the Conseil départemental du Bas-Rhin. A cross-border strategy for the Upper Rhine region was presented. An exciting exchange about a very dynamic region!