Credit: Single Market Tour Team

The Single Market Tour, an initiative of the European Commission to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the European Single Market, is set to come to Luxembourg at Place Guillaume II on Tuesday 30 April 2024, from 10:00 to 19:00.

After its launch in 2023 and visiting twelve EU Member States, the Tour will continue its journey to meet the communities of the European Union and highlight the important changes that the single market has brought to EU citizens’ daily lives.

This year, the journey continues with a selection of new destinations across Europe. The Tour will visit thirteen other countries between April and the end of June, to interact with citizens and aiming to illustrate the direct benefits of the single market.

The Single Market Tour will start on 24 April 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany, and will cross Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

On 30 April, the Tour will stop in Luxembourg-Ville. By visiting the interactive installation, citizens can discover the impact of the EU single market on their lives, take part in activities and games, take photos and win prizes.

Over the past three decades, the EU single market has allowed people, goods, services and capital to move freely inside the European Union. The single market is one of the European Union's greatest achievements, strengthening the EU's position as an economic actor of the world, of which 15% of global trade in goods comes from the EU.

EU citizens can study, live, buy, work or retire in any EU country, and have access to products from all over Europe. However, because of its decisive role in meeting Europe's current and future challenges, the functioning of the single market requires updates. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for instance, it has proven its ability to adapt by allowing Europe to accelerate the production of vaccines, the Single Market Tour Team emphasised.

The Single Market Tour is organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs.