First of all, Mr Buzek extended a warm welcome to an eminent visitor, Maria Romana De Gasperi, daughter of the late Alcide de Gasperi, a former Italian prime minister, President in 1954 of the ECSC Common Assembly (the predecessor of the European Parliament) and one of the founding fathers of the European Union.
Priekšsēdētājs uzrunu sāka ar apsveikumu Parlamenta viešņai Maria Romana De Gasperi - viņa ir bijušā Itālijas premjerministra, ES dibinātāja un EP priekšsēdētāja Alcide de Gasperi meita.