"Last Word"-Europe's Wheaties
Friday, January 05, 2007SUZANNE PRATT: And finally tonight, a wheat field in Germany has a dubious distinction. It is now the center of Europe, quite literally. When Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union on Monday, the EU`s geographic center moved east 510 miles. That put it just outside the town of Gelnhausen. To celebrate, city officials put up three new flagpoles. But since the absolute center is in the middle of a field, the poles were placed 30 yards off- center so the crops wouldn`t be trampled. The town has just 23,000 residents, all hoping for a flood of tourists. But there are other areas claiming to be the center spot, Paul, including a town in the Ukraine.
KANGAS: Well, denying the fact that the wheat field is the center, kind of going against the grain, isn`t it.
PRATT: What I want to know is what happens when Turkey wants to join the EU.
KANGAS: That`ll be interesting.
