3. Formal sitting - International Holocaust Remembrance Day - 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

Verbatim reports

From 15.08 to 16.10, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day – 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

The cellist Mischa Maisky and the pianist Max Maisky performed the piece 'Prayer', from 'Jewish Life' by Ernest Bloch.

The President and Liliana Segre, who is an Italian senator for life and an Auschwitz survivor, made speeches.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

Ursula von der Leyen (President of the Commission) made a speech.

The Karski Quartet and the mezzo-soprano Naomi Couquet performed 'Kaddish' by Maurice Ravel.

(The sitting was suspended at 16.10.)