Kaja Kallas: For Estonia, May 9th is not Victory Day but the beginning of new suffering
KISHINEV – The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, stated in Moldova that May 9th would have been celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia if the Soviet Union, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, had granted that country freedom and independence.
TL;DR
- Estonia does not celebrate May 9th as Victory Day because, for the country, it marked the beginning of Soviet occupation and suffering, not freedom.
- EU High Representative Kaja Kallas stated this during a press conference in Chisinau, Moldova, after meeting with President Maia Sandu.
- Kallas emphasized that European states have different historical experiences and should focus on a common future and shared values, with Europe Day serving as a symbol of this shared political and value-based future.
- She has previously criticized EU candidate countries' officials for attending Victory Day celebrations in Moscow.
- Kallas previously told Serbia, as an EU candidate, that its European future depends on the values it chooses to follow.