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2017 Sakharov Prize
Award ceremony of the 2017 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
r-l: Antonio Tajani MEP (EPP Group, Italy), President of the European Parliament, Julio Borges, Chair of Venezuela's National Assembly, and Antonio Ledezma, Mayor of Caracas, representatives of the Democratic Opposition of Venezuela, laureates of this year's prize
l-r: Antonieta and Leopoldo López and Patricia Gutiérrez, representatives of the Democratic Opposition of Venezuela, laureates of this year's prize
Manfred Weber MEP (Germany), Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament (in the middle), Françoise Grossetête MEP (France) (on the left) and József Szájer MEP (Hungary), both Vice-Chairpersons of the EPP Group
Julio Borges, Chair of Venezuela's National Assembly, representative of the Democratic Opposition of Venezuela, laureates of this year's prize
Antonio Ledezma, Mayor of Caracas, representative of the Democratic Opposition of Venezuela, laureates of this year's prize
Julio Borges, Chair of Venezuela's National Assembly (on the right), and Antonio Ledezma, Mayor of Caracas, representatives of the Democratic Opposition of Venezuela, laureates of this year's prize
Leopoldo López, father of Leopoldo Eduardo López, a Venezuelan politician currently under house arrest
Manfred Weber MEP (Germany), Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament
Esteban González Pons MEP (Spain), Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament
Françoise Grossetête MEP (France) Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament
Antonio Tajani MEP (EPP Group, Italy), President of the European Parliament (4th from left), (l-r) Patricia Gutiérrez, Antonio Ledezma, Mayor of Caracas, Julio Borges, Chair of Venezuela's National Assembly, Antonieta and Leopoldo López, José Ignacio Guédez and Alejandra González, representatives of the Democratic Opposition of Venezuela, laureates of this year's prize