In Romania, the lower house of parliament has approved the postponement of the celebration of Victory Day to May 8 instead of May 9. This is reported by Digi24.
270 MPs voted in favor of this decision, 19 abstained, and only one MP was against.
It is reported that the explanatory note to the bill notes that the celebration of Victory Day on May 9 was imposed on the countries of the socialist camp by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in order to claim a primary role in the victory over Nazi Germany.
"The initiative proposes a legislative clarification regarding the celebration of this historical moment. Most Western states, Great Britain, France, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Norway, the Baltic countries, Germany celebrate the victory on May 8. (...) Instead, the states of the former Soviet sphere of influence, such as Armenia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Moldova, together with the russian federation, choose May 9 to celebrate this event," the explanatory note says.
The bill emphasizes the "historical ambiguity" that arose due to the differences between the date accepted by historians and Western allies (May 8) and May 9 imposed by Stalin and the USSR on the countries of the socialist camp, including Romania.
The explanatory note to the bill also states that hostilities officially ceased on May 8, 1945 at 11:01 p.m.
"Since the change of regime, having found itself in the Soviet sphere of influence, the Socialist Republic of Romania recognized May 9 as Victory Day, but the date that truly marks Victory Day for our state is May 8, 1945," the statement explains.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Zelenskyy congratulated Dan on his victory in the Romanian presidential election and invited him to come to Ukraine.
In the second round of the presidential election in Romania on May 18, the pro-Western candidate, Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan, won; according to the results of the vote, he received 53.6% of the vote, while the pro-Russian candidate George Simion received 46.4%.
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