Watch: Roberta Metsola Receives Prestigious Awards From Lithuanian Republic
Yesterday Roberta Metsola was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas by the President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda.
The President of the European Parliament received the prestigious prize “for her leadership and personal will to effectively consolidate strong support of the majority of the European Parliament’s political groups on key issues relevant to the European Union’s and Lithuania’s political agenda”.
Metsola said that such a recognition “serves as a constant reminder of our duty to defend democracy, freedom and our common European values.”
During her visit to Lithuania, Metsola also received the Freedom Prize on behalf of the European Parliament and declined the €11,000 cash prize, asking that the Lithuanian Parliament use it for a good cause-supporting freedom.
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