Prince of Asturias Awards 1981–2014. Speeches

6 O viedo | C ampoamor T heatre | Ralf Dahrendorf feels deeply honoured to be granted the Prince of Asturias Award and was really looking forward to coming to Oviedo. For him, Spain was the first country in a new league of liberty. Observing Spain’s transition marked the beginning of his taking interest in the processes of democratization in previously non-democratic countries. Whenhewrote his Reflections on the Revolution inEurope , he recommended to the East Europeans the path that Spain had successfully taken. Christiane Dahrendorf on behalf of Ralf Dahrendorf — Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences 2007 Due to poor health, Ralf Dahrendorf was unable to attend the ceremony, at which he was represented by his wife, Christiane Dahrendorf. — Excerpt from the speech given on the occasion of receiving the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences on 26/10/2007. 26 th O ctober 2007