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May 9: celebration of Europe Day
May 9: celebration of Europe Day
(franceinfo)
Ascension falls this Thursday, May 9. This Ascension Thursday, which changes date every year, coincides this year with Europe Day.
Europe Day takes place on May 9 in the 27 countries of the European Union. The date of May 9 was chosen because it was on May 9, 1950 that Robert Schuman, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, delivered a declaration considered to be the starting point of European construction. It was in 1985 that this “Europe Day” was put on track.
One month before the elections
The Union took advantage of the event to try to revive the community project to no longer wage war after 1945. Exhibitions, concerts and debates took place on the theme of Europe, its construction and what she’s been doing for decades. This year, Europe Day takes place one month before the European elections on June 9, in order to renew the parliament.
