Yes, Ian, Ascension happened to fall on this day this year, so we would
have the day off either way. But in other years, May 8 or 9 (or both) are
public holidays because of the anniversary of the end of WWII (which was
the occasion in 1950 when Schuman put forward his declaration).
Cheers,
Nathan
Op Vr, 10 mei, 2013 10:44, schreef philippe.amard@xxxxxx:
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> I think there may be reasons in addition to that quoted by Nathan it was
> also a holiday in my county (as opposed to neighbouring Zurich which
> had labour day the 1st May) in Switzerland (not in the EU), here it is
> known as Ascension Day
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> It was a "bank" holiday" in France, Luxembourg and Germany too.
> Europe comes to a halt on that day
> Ph
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> On 10/05/2013 08:44, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>> You mean that EU eurocrats have their very own personal public holiday?
>> How quaint.
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