Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania
Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania | |
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27 March | |
Next time | 27 March 2024 |
Frequency | annual |
Related to | Great Union Day (1 December) |
The Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania (
Eventually, in 1940, Romania
Background
Under Soviet rule, Bessarabia was divided into different parts. The
History
Romania
The Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania was unanimously adopted by the Senate of Romania on 13 October 2015, with 79 votes in favor.[5] Two years later, it was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies of Romania on 14 March 2017 with 260 votes in favor, 1 against and 6 abstentions.[6][7] The person who started this project, Eugen Tomac, then deputy of the People's Movement Party (PMP), argued that "forgetting history is the same as betrayal".[6] The holiday became official in Romania after President Klaus Iohannis promulgated it on 27 March 2017.[8]
According to the law that passed the holiday, Law no. 36/2017, which was published on the
On 27 March 2018, on the centenary of the unification of Bessarabia with Romania, Iohannis sent a message talking about the importance of this past event and that it represents a source of inspiration to develop and deepen the relations between Romania and Moldova and the European integration of the latter, which Romania actively supports.[10] Later, in 2021, George Simion, leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), announced that the party would begin operating in Moldova on the occasion of the Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania.[11]
Moldova
In 2020, Mișcarea Politică Unirea ("Union Political Movement"), a Moldovan political party, proposed to establish in Moldova a holiday similar to the Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania, but this idea was rejected.[12] However, it is celebrated anyway by some Moldovan supporters of the unification with Romania. For example, in 2018, thousands of people demonstrated in Chișinău, the Moldovan capital, to celebrate the centenary of the 1918 union and demand a new one with Romania.[13] A year earlier, the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) had organized various events and spectacles in Moldova on this day.[14]
Celebrations of this kind have also occurred in Transnistria. In 2017, the Lucian Blaga High School in Tiraspol organized events in which teachers and students sang and recited Romanian patriotic songs and poems and placed a huge Romanian flag in the hallways of the building.[15]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-87238-6.
- ^ Șandru, Florin (2013). "Political and cultural evolution of the Romanians in the Romanian ancestral territories of Bessarabia and Bukovina over the course of time". Bulletin of "Carol I" National Defense University. 2 (1): 46–65.
- ^ ISBN 9780817997939.
- ^ Țîcu, Octavian (2018). "Societal security and state-building in the Republic of Moldova: complications for regional and European contexts". Eurolimes. 23: 347–365.
- ^ Lazăr, Ana Maria (13 October 2015). "Proiect adoptat de Senat: 27 martie, declarată Ziua Unirii Basarabiei cu România ca zi de sărbătoare națională". Mediafax (in Romanian).
- ^ a b Mănoiu, Cătălina (14 March 2017). "Camera Deputaților a declarat o nouă SĂRBĂTOARE NAȚIONALĂ. Când va fi aceasta și ce semnificație are". Mediafax (in Romanian).
- ^ Marica, Irina (15 March 2017). "New national holiday in Romania: The union with Bessarabia celebrated on March 27". Romania Insider.
- ^ "Declararea zilei de 27 martie – Ziua Unirii Basarabiei cu România ca zi de sărbătoare națională" (in Romanian). President of Romania. 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Legea nr. 36/2017 pentru declararea zilei de 27 martie – Ziua Unirii Basarabiei cu România ca zi de sărbătoare națională" (in Romanian). Parliament of Romania. 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Mesajul lui Klaus Iohannis la o sută de ani de la unirea Basarabiei cu România". Digi24 (in Romanian). 27 March 2018.
- ^ "George Simion: AUR se va lansa şi în Republica Moldova, de Ziua Unirii Basarabiei cu România". HotNews (in Romanian). 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Propunerea instituirii Zilei Unirii Basarabiei cu România a fost respinsă". Radio Europa Liberă Moldova (in Romanian). 4 March 2020.
- ^ "100 de ani de la unirea Basarabiei cu România. Manifestație de amploare la Chișinău". Digi24 (in Romanian). 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Ziua Unirii Basarabiei cu România – 27 martie – sărbătorită pe ambele maluri ale Prutului" (in Romanian). Romanian Cultural Institute. 26 March 2017.
- ^ Modiga, Iulia (28 March 2017). "(FOTO) Ziua Unirii Basarabiei cu România, sărbătorită la liceul românesc din Tiraspol". InfoPrut (in Romanian).