"día nacional" in English

I am in favour of having a European-wide national day of monitoring for fund end-results.

In Estonia, 14 June is a national day of commemoration.

For Slovakia, 23 January was a day of national mourning.

A very special day for all the participants was Friday, May 25, which is a national holiday in Argentina.

Many thanks, Mr Rübig. Also many thanks for coming to work on what is a national holiday in your country.

On 26 October, Austria's National Day, of all days, we were finally able to find a compromise with the Member States.

Nowadays, every national institution has someone who is in charge of protecting secret information and does precisely these tasks.

After all, against this background, he offered his opponents various ministerial posts and declared 9 November a national day of mourning.

I believe that the general public hardly knows that we in the European Parliament have so much work that we cannot even celebrate our national day.

On the other hand, the lack of democratic participation of citizens in national life proves every day that our national myths are in a state of fatigue.

He told us that he is going to start the task of rebuilding as soon as he has been sworn in, which should happen on 28 July, Peru's national holiday.

Mr President, it is rather difficult, on a day of national tragedy for Luxembourg - after 17 people died in an air accident - to move onto more mundane issues.

It is obvious that we must address the issue of catching up at European, national and regional levels, and that is clearly acknowledged in the proposal for the framework programme.

This is European law today: a national police force that tells people who have a residency permit issued by Italy: 'Mr Sarkozy has decided they do not count'.

Let us pay homage on this day of national mourning in Italy, to the bravery, courage and dedication of the Italian and soldiers who laid down their lives in Iraq for peace and freedom.