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Messages on Europe Day

Solidarity and unity in Europe are celebrated this year again on the 9th of May

Messages on Europe Day

, 09.05.2022, 14:00

Europe must grow stronger, more vocal, more capable
and better prepared, the president of Romania Klaus Iohannis said in a message
on Europe Day, celebrated every year on the 9th of May. According to
the Romanian head of state, after the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic, these
days we are experiencing the tragedy of the war on the borders of the EU, which
triggered the most severe humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War II. In his
message, Klaus Iohannis points out that this ongoing war goes against all the
principles and values on which the European Union was built and which keep it
united-democracy, the rule of law and fundamental human rights.


These are unprecedented times in the history of the
Union, which test our very capacity to safeguard our fundamental values, based
on the concept on which the European project was built: peace, Mr. Iohannis
says in his message. According to him, preserving peace has been a constant
endeavour for Europe for the past decades, a guarantee of stability which has
enabled us to reach unprecedented levels of prosperity. Klaus Iohannis also
mentions that this year Romania celebrates 15 years since joining the European
Union, a choice made and supported by the entire Romanian society.


The head of state also believes that the benefits of
this choice are evident today for the long-term progress of our nation, with the
EU membership providing the framework for an irreversible democratic progress,
for economic and social development, for solidarity and active engagement in
the European project.


The Romanian president also emphasizes that, one and a
half decades since its accession, Romania is a member state able to contribute
solutions and to put its strengths at the service of Europe.


In turn, the PM Nicoale Ciucă, in his message on
Europe Day, voiced his hope that reason and peace return to the European
continent as soon as possible. The lessons of World War II must keep us from
tolerating a war of conquest against another independent state, as Russia does
today in Ukraine, the PM argues. According to him, WWII, whose end in Europe we
celebrate on the 9th of May, must remind all of us about the fate of
tyrants and of those who dream about occupying other countries and controlling
the world.


The president of the European Commission, Ursula von
der Leyen, describes the 9th of May as the day when our peaceful,
prosperous and united Europe was born. Seventy-two years later, Europe is
stronger and more united than ever.We stand united in supporting our Ukrainian friends. A
people desperately struggling to determine its own future, the European Commission
president pointed out. (A.M.P.)

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