The celebration of Labor Day in Lithuania is evaluated ambiguously. May 1 became a national holiday and a day off from work in Lithuania since 2001 – after the Parliament had rejected a veto of President Valdas Adamkus. The then President V. Adamkus claimed that May 1 associates for some people with the Soviet period, so it is not a celebration that unites the nation.

The supporters of this public holiday point that this day is also celebrated in the Western democracies.

- May 1 was obligatory feast associated with the communist regime, today and in the future it is a holiday associated with the Polish membership in the European Union – the President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski said today at European Picnic in the Warsaw Lazienki Park.

- Work is an essential element of human dignity - said Pope Francis during Wednesday's general audience in Rome. On this day the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Joseph the Worker.

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