{"id":447246,"date":"2019-05-13T10:27:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T10:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447246"},"modified":"2019-05-13T13:49:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:49:30","slug":"east-west-celebrating-victory-day-europe-day-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/east-west-celebrating-victory-day-europe-day-time\/","title":{"rendered":"East or West? Celebrating Victory Day and Europe Day at the same time"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>For 3 years, people in the Republic of Moldova have been debating what is more important: celebrating Victory Day or Europe Day on the 9<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>of May? In 2017, the Parliament of Moldova adopted a law to make Europe Day an official holiday in Moldova, along with Victory Day.<\/p>\n<p>Every political party, regardless of the political views, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/chisinaul-intre-ziua-victoriei-si-ziua-europei-cum-vor-marca-partidele-ziua-de-9-mai\/\">organize<\/a> a celebration on this day. This year, the <em>Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM)<\/em> and <em>the \u0218or Party<\/em> organised concerts, parades and demonstrations for celebrating Victory Day, whereas <em>the political bloc ACUM<\/em>,<em> the Liberal Party (LP)<\/em> and <em>the National Unity Party (NUP)<\/em>\u00a0celebrated Europe Day. Another political actor &#8211; <em>the Democratic Party of Moldova (DPM)<\/em> tried to please everyone and organised a holiday of <em><strong>&#8220;peace and prosperity for Moldova&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Moldovan Government decided to focus merely on Victory Day\u00a0and postponed Europe Day for the following weekend, on May 11<sup>th<\/sup>-12<sup>th<\/sup>. In such a way, they considered the conflict of interests resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s the proper moment to ask: <strong>what is the problem with having 2 different holidays on the same day?<\/strong> In fact, they are not even contradictory. On the contrary, they are related, as the end of World War II and the surrender of the Allies armed forces (which is celebrated on May 8<sup>th<\/sup> in Europe) represented an important drive for the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community \u2013 the forerunner to the European Union. Actually, the only problem with it is the context of the Moldovan social and political behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>First, both holidays are politicized and are transformed into an apple of discord deliberately, as the Moldovan politicians, especially those who are in power today, understand very well that a divided society means a weaker society; therefore, an easier to control society. The debates about directing Moldova to West (the EU) or East (the CIS) never stopped in Moldova. On May 9<sup>th<\/sup>, everyone argues about that: the governors, official representatives of the civil society, activists and, consequently, common people that instead of taking time to discuss their real problems, new businesses, initiatives, projects, protests against the injustice that is done to them, most of them are dividing in groups, spreading hatred and treating superficially the true meaning of both celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>People forget that Victory Day is not about expensive concerts organised by the socialists or buckwheat with pickled cucumbers served in the city centre by the democrats. It is not about pompous demonstrations that involve children who are forced to dance synchronously instead of listening from their parents, grandparents and teachers about the tragic consequences of the Second World War.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_447248\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-447248\" class=\"wp-image-447248 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-447248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children singing and dancing on Victory Day| Photo: ZdG<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-447251 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Hrisca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Hrisca.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Hrisca-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Hrisca-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Europe Day is more than classical music concerts organised in the central park of the Moldovan capital. Behind the exposed photo galleries are people that have been working a lot, searched and applied for European funds, people that didn\u2019t expect somebody to simply come and save them from the poverty, corruption, injustice, etc. Unfortunately, such people are still not enough in Moldova and Europe Day is treated by the majority just as superficially as any other holiday in Moldova: an occasion to eat out, listen to concerts\u2019 music and have fun.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-447249 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Europe-Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Europe-Day.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Europe-Day-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Europe-Day-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-447250 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/galerie-foto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"849\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/galerie-foto.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/galerie-foto-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/galerie-foto-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the governmental institutions and some big media outlets present the events happening on May 9<sup>th<\/sup> as a natural occurrence. So, the fact that several political parties \u2018marked\u2019 their territories in the city centre of Chi\u0219in\u0103u, organizing their own events for their own electorate is considered normal. The direct use of propagandist methods combined with avoidance to declare the events\u2019 costs by the political parties is not a problem in Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>We live nowadays in a country stuck between Eastern and Western worlds, which can perfectly make it without our existence. We live in a country with poor people, morally poor first of all, as we don\u2019t really know much about our past and don\u2019t care as much about our future. \u00a0None of these two holidays real meaning is interesting for the biggest majority of the population. We just love their symbolism that takes us back in the past or enables us to dream about the future. May 9<sup>th<\/sup> is just another reason to celebrate, not more than that.<\/p>\n<p>Photos: Ziarul de Garda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>For 3 years, people in the Republic of Moldova have been debating what is more important: celebrating Victory Day or Europe Day on the 9th\u00a0of May? In 2017, the Parliament of Moldova adopted a law to make Europe Day an official holiday in Moldova, along with Victory Day. Every political party, regardless of the political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":447252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,23,12,4,56],"tags":[324,35,27,299],"class_list":["post-447246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-featured","category-opinion","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-europe-day","tag-important","tag-moldova","tag-victory-day"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>For 3 years, people in the Republic of Moldova have been debating what is more important: celebrating Victory Day or Europe Day on the 9<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>of May? In 2017, the Parliament of Moldova adopted a law to make Europe Day an official holiday in Moldova, along with Victory Day.<\/p>\n<p>Every political party, regardless of the political views, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/chisinaul-intre-ziua-victoriei-si-ziua-europei-cum-vor-marca-partidele-ziua-de-9-mai\/\">organize<\/a> a celebration on this day. This year, the <em>Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM)<\/em> and <em>the \u0218or Party<\/em> organised concerts, parades and demonstrations for celebrating Victory Day, whereas <em>the political bloc ACUM<\/em>,<em> the Liberal Party (LP)<\/em> and <em>the National Unity Party (NUP)<\/em>\u00a0celebrated Europe Day. Another political actor &#8211; <em>the Democratic Party of Moldova (DPM)<\/em> tried to please everyone and organised a holiday of <em><strong>&#8220;peace and prosperity for Moldova&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Moldovan Government decided to focus merely on Victory Day\u00a0and postponed Europe Day for the following weekend, on May 11<sup>th<\/sup>-12<sup>th<\/sup>. In such a way, they considered the conflict of interests resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s the proper moment to ask: <strong>what is the problem with having 2 different holidays on the same day?<\/strong> In fact, they are not even contradictory. On the contrary, they are related, as the end of World War II and the surrender of the Allies armed forces (which is celebrated on May 8<sup>th<\/sup> in Europe) represented an important drive for the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community \u2013 the forerunner to the European Union. Actually, the only problem with it is the context of the Moldovan social and political behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>First, both holidays are politicized and are transformed into an apple of discord deliberately, as the Moldovan politicians, especially those who are in power today, understand very well that a divided society means a weaker society; therefore, an easier to control society. The debates about directing Moldova to West (the EU) or East (the CIS) never stopped in Moldova. On May 9<sup>th<\/sup>, everyone argues about that: the governors, official representatives of the civil society, activists and, consequently, common people that instead of taking time to discuss their real problems, new businesses, initiatives, projects, protests against the injustice that is done to them, most of them are dividing in groups, spreading hatred and treating superficially the true meaning of both celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>People forget that Victory Day is not about expensive concerts organised by the socialists or buckwheat with pickled cucumbers served in the city centre by the democrats. It is not about pompous demonstrations that involve children who are forced to dance synchronously instead of listening from their parents, grandparents and teachers about the tragic consequences of the Second World War.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_447248\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-447248\" class=\"wp-image-447248 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/children-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-447248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children singing and dancing on Victory Day| Photo: ZdG<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-447251 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Hrisca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Hrisca.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Hrisca-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Hrisca-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Europe Day is more than classical music concerts organised in the central park of the Moldovan capital. Behind the exposed photo galleries are people that have been working a lot, searched and applied for European funds, people that didn\u2019t expect somebody to simply come and save them from the poverty, corruption, injustice, etc. Unfortunately, such people are still not enough in Moldova and Europe Day is treated by the majority just as superficially as any other holiday in Moldova: an occasion to eat out, listen to concerts\u2019 music and have fun.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-447249 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Europe-Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Europe-Day.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Europe-Day-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Europe-Day-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-447250 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/galerie-foto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"849\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/galerie-foto.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/galerie-foto-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/galerie-foto-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the governmental institutions and some big media outlets present the events happening on May 9<sup>th<\/sup> as a natural occurrence. So, the fact that several political parties \u2018marked\u2019 their territories in the city centre of Chi\u0219in\u0103u, organizing their own events for their own electorate is considered normal. The direct use of propagandist methods combined with avoidance to declare the events\u2019 costs by the political parties is not a problem in Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>We live nowadays in a country stuck between Eastern and Western worlds, which can perfectly make it without our existence. We live in a country with poor people, morally poor first of all, as we don\u2019t really know much about our past and don\u2019t care as much about our future. \u00a0None of these two holidays real meaning is interesting for the biggest majority of the population. We just love their symbolism that takes us back in the past or enables us to dream about the future. 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