20.10.2016: First European Statistics Day

With the European Statistics Day the European statistical community "aims at raising awareness of European citizens to the importance and value of official statistics for our society", says Walter Radermacher, Director General of Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. "To function correctly, modern democratic societies must be underpinned by a solid base of reliable, objective statistics.

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