All of Europe has this Friday off, except us: MEP wants to make May 1 a ‘national holiday’

MEP Marit Maij calls on the cabinet to make May 1 a national holiday. From Brussels, the PvdA and GL notice that the Netherlands is the big exception within the EU. In almost all Member States, Labor Day is a day off. Why is the country of ‘the hardworking Dutchman’ so exotic?

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