Marshall Sikorski receives his first Honorary Degree

Speaker of the Sejm Radosław Sikorski has received his first honoris causa degree from Portuguese Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Doctorate promoter Nuno Severiano Teixeira has stressed that Poland and Portugal share a similar history of fighting against dictatorships and the formation of free, democratic societies. Sikorski said during his acceptance speech that Warsaw has strong links with Lisbon and that the second biggest employer in Poland, Jeronimo Martins, comes from Portugal. Referring to the current situation in Europe and in the world, he indicated that there is a need for cooperation in order to build and strengthen democracy. The previous receivers of the Honorary Degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa include Jacques Delors and Kofi Annan, among others.