From 12.00 to 12.30, Parliament held a formal sitting for the award of the Sakharov Prize to Asmaa Mahfouz (Egypt), Ahmed al-Zubair Ahmed al-Sanusi (Libya), Razan Zaitouneh (Syria), Ali Farzat (Syria) and the late Mohamed Bouazizi (Tunisia), five Arab Spring activists.
12.30 Parlaments pulcējās uz svinīgo sēdi, kuras laikā tika pasniegta Saharova balva Arābu pavasara aktīvistiem Asmaa Mahfouz (Ēģipte), Ahmed al-Zubair Ahmed al-Sanusi (Lībija), Razan Zaitouneh (Sīrija), Ali Farzat (Sīrija) un bojā gājušajam Mohamed Bouazizi (Tunisija).