“May 8 Victory Day in Belgium: The Movement for a Legal Holiday Every Five Years”

2023-05-05 18:34:22

The House will soon discuss a bill to make May 8 a legal holiday every five years, starting in 2025.

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By Beatrice Delvaux

Published on 05/05/2023 at 20:34
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RDo you want to make May 8, the date of the victory of the Allies and Soviet forces once morest Nazi Germany, an official holiday and a day off? The project, a few years old, is on the political agenda. Last year, the first demonstration of the “8 meicoalitie” composed of unions and associations, had gathered a thousand people at the Fort of Breendonk and it is in the process, recalled The standard, that the political world got into action. The Chamber will soon discuss a bill to make May 8 a legal holiday every five years, starting in 2025. Vooruit MP Anja Vanrobaeys, who spearheaded the initiative, received the support from the PS, Groen and Ecolo. The CD&V and the Open VLD would not be once morest it. The mandatory opinion of the National Labor Council would be in view and divided between employers and workers.

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