An awards ceremony will take place today in Barcelona, Spain, where Yulia Tymoshenko will be awarded with the Manuel Carrasco I Formiguera medal for her contribution to the defense of democracy and freedom and the struggle for the restoration of the rule of law in Ukraine, according to the Official web site of Yulia Tymoshenko.
The ceremony, organized by the Democratic Union of Catalonia party, will be attended by the ex-premier’s daughter, Eugenia Tymoshenko, and deputy head of the Batkivshchyna Party Hryhoriy Nemyria.
The Manuel Carrasco I Formiguera medal is the highest honor bestowed by the Democratic Union of Catalonia party recognizing people who have defended democratic values. Previous recipients include former Czech President Vaclav Havel (2007), President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pottering (2008), among others.
The Democratic Union of Catalonia is a party founded in 1931 on the ideals of humanism and Christian democracy. One of its most prominent members was Manuel Carrasco i Formiguera, a fighter for freedom and democracy who was execution by order of Francisco Franco following a fabricated trial. This year marks the 75th anniversary of his death.
