Audio recording - EP President Jerzy Buzek's public lecture "Europe and Freedom", Sofia University, 3 March 2010

Prof. Buzek was in Sofia for the celebrations of Bulgaria’s National Liberation Day, March 3.

This was Mr. Buzek's first official visit to Bulgaria as EP President – the first representative of an Eastern European country to chair the Parliament.

Europe Gateway aired live on the internet Mr. Buzek's speech.

This is an audio recording - its first part is the speech itself; in the second part are some questions of the young people and the President's answers.

"I am very honored to visit your country on such important day for the Bulgarian nation. We have the common tough experiences of the past, but we have a bright common future,” Buzek said a day before coming to Sofia.

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