Mark Rutte meets guests on the Den Bosch freedom competition. Photo: Robin van Lonkhuijzen ANP
Prime minister Mark Rutte kicked off a day of celebration on Thursday by saying that peace and freedom can’t be taken with no consideration.
‘This Liberation Day, we feel what a privilege it is to live here in freedom… even more so than in other years,’ Rutte mentioned on Twitter. ‘Just a short flight away, the people of Ukraine are fighting for their freedom.’
Today, the prime minister mentioned, ‘we celebrate that we can live in freedom here in the Netherlands. And our thoughts are with the people in Ukraine and in all those other places in the world who are now fighting to be free. The Liberation Flame burns for them today too.’
Rutte was in Den Bosch the place he lit the liberty flame on the first of the 14 official festivals going down across the nation. Hundreds of different occasions and ceremonies celebrating Liberation Day are underway as properly.
On May fifth, we rejoice #Bevrijdingsdag, #LiberationDay, within the Netherlands. 🇳🇱
This special occasion can be celebrated in Canada 🇨🇦 as #DutchHeritageDay. We acknowledge the distinctive bond cast via our widespread historical past. pic.twitter.com/M98ULaBIxj
— Canada in NL (@CanAmbNL) May 5, 2022
Het weer is uitstekend en de sfeer is goed! Maak er een mooie Bevrijdingsdag van mensen. Veel plezier. #bevrijdingsdag #5mei #bpop22 pic.twitter.com/nPLAD7wkyi
— Politie Basisteam Haarlem (@POL_Haarlem) May 5, 2022
#bevrijdingsdag | Vrijheidsmaaltijd
Vanmiddag hebben wij de vrijheid gevierd met een aantal bewoners die zich hiervoor hadden opgegeven tijdens de Vrijheidsmaaltijd. Tijdens deze lunch stonden we stil bij de bevrijding van Nederland in 1945 en dat we sindsdien in vrijheid leven. pic.twitter.com/jy8wvIObpe— Pijnacker-Nootdorp (@PijnackerNootdp) May 5, 2022
Defence minister Kajsa Ollongren who attended the navy parade in Wageningen, the place the Nazis signed the capitulation order on May 5, 1945, additionally referred to Ukraine in her speech.
The conflict in Ukraine, she mentioned, ‘is confronting us with the fact that war has never been away.’
‘Today we celebrate our freedom, in the knowledge that in Ukraine there is no music, but the sound of air raid sirens, rocket attacks and artillery fire. The people of Ukraine are fighting for their freedom and the values that bind us all,’ she mentioned.
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