After the outbreak of factions, which took place in our society at the end of the 20th century, other parties and their representatives also dared to touch this powerful socialist symbol.
The first to do so was the French-speaking liberal Louis Michel, elected leader of his party in 1982. At the time, Louis Michel was still in the shadow of the great Jean Gol, and was looking for a way to impose himself in the party. In 1985, he introduced May Day as an equally liberal holiday, believing that the socialists did not have a monopoly on “work”.
In his speech, Michel then declared: “May 1st is the holiday of all workers. (…) The workers are executives, self-employed workers, civil servants, teachers, etc. (…). They are all those who work or want to work in a society, all those who take on responsibilities and all those who, ultimately, maintain or build the wealth of a society and a “country”.
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