The May Day bank holiday is always on the first Monday in May.

Yup, I know that. It's about as sensible as saying that Christmas Day should be on the fourth Monday in December. (And I suspect there are a lot of people who would love to do exactly that). May Day continues to be, as it always has been, the First of May, regardless of when the Westminster government chooses to have its Bank Holidays.

The point I was asking is, since the idea of this is to coincide with "European public holidays", do the other countries involved, notably Belgium, have their public holiday to coincide with May Day, or do they go the English way and stick it onto the following weekend? ie, what dates are envisaged for this gathering?