United in diversity, divided by holidays: How is Easter in the EU?
The EU goal is “united in diversity”, which is cooked with olive oil or butter.
But nothing in the middle of Europe has separated than the Easter holidays. Who is away, and when you don’t care, even the rest of Europe are confused.
Although Easter is increasingly losing its religious weight in secular Europe, its public holiday level varies greatly throughout the continent: from Good Friday to Pentecost Monday, different countries refer to different days as holidays.
We will be honest: workers have never had enough holidays, so it is natural to cross the border and feel jealousy.
So, how is the Easter holiday map in the EU?
Reverse of Protestant’s work protocol
Like the segment between butter and olive oil, there is a clear north-south segment of Easter holidays.
Northern Europe, especially the countries of Protestant Matric, tends to offer more holidays in the Easter than their southern and Catholic peers.
This is not so obvious, and the Protestant Labor Ethics described as the basis of sociologist Max Weber capitalism.
However, traditionally “working” countries like Germany have a great treat in Easter, almost full Easter holiday-gallery-funeral silver, Easter Monday and Ascension Day and even Pentecost Monday.
Interestingly, Easter Sunday is not a national holiday, except the state of the Brandberg state.
Easter Sunday Surprise
Germany is no exception: in many EU countries, Easter Sunday is not officially recognized as a holiday – not because it is not important, but because it comes on the day that it is already unused.
Instead, Tonic Easter is placed on Monday, which is a holiday in most countries.
At least 12 EU countries, including Austria, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia and Luxembourg, did not believe Easter Sunday as an official holiday for the same reason.
Easter Monday is almost a holiday in the entire Union, with the exception of some exceptions, such as Spain, which is only holidays in some autonomous regions such as Catalonia, Bask and Navare Country and Portugal, where it is not officially recognized.
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Malta changes the situation: Easter does not celebrate Monday or any other day for workers, except Friday, this is a national holiday.
AdvertisementSome significant EU countries did not consider it a holiday on Friday, including Italy, Spain, France, Slovenia and Lithuania – although some of them are traditionally Catholic.
In Belgium (where this article is written without holidays), today is like any ordinary Friday.
In Ireland, Friday is not an official holiday, but is often noticed in informal, many companies choose to close.
Austria regarded the holy Friday as a “chosen” vacation for members of some religious confessions, such as the ancient Catholic Church and the Methodists.
AdvertisementAfter the 2015 case, which includes an employee of a private detective organization, the situation changed, which was discriminated against for not receiving holiday payments. The case came to the European Union Court, which ruled in 2019 that these religious -based selective holidays were equivalent to direct discrimination.
Extended Easter: Ascension, Pentecost (and St. Thursday)
Do you think Easter will end after Sunday Chocolate Spree? Let’s think again. Ascension Day (40 days later) and Pentecostal Monday (50 days later) are celebrated with a few days of vacation.
If you are in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany or the Netherlands, you are lucky because both days are holidays. However, countries like Greece, Hungary and Portugal did not celebrate them.
In Denmark, Italy, Poland and Sweden, the climbing day is only seen, that is, Pentecost is not a day holiday.
AdvertisementHoly Thursday (Good Friday Eve) is usually not most public holidays in the EU, but to attract some attention.
In Denmark, where it is called “Scartrstac”, it is a formal national holiday. In Spain, some areas, such as Andalusia, Castil and Leo, consider him a day’s holiday – because, if in doubt, another holiday is added.
