13/12/2012
http://prensa.fundacionfaes.org/2012/DICIEMBRE/FOTO+INTERIOR+WEB.jpg! "Jaime Mayor is characterised by his willingness to sacrifice, his humility and respect for the truth, his love for the Basque Country and Spain and his loyalty" "Spain has overcome great trials and will overcome them if we act together again and if our national life finds the references it needs" Guadalupe (Murcia), 13.12.12.-The former Prime Minister of Spain and president of "FAES Foundation" "Jos? Mar?a Aznar" has acted as godfather to the vice-chairman of the European People's Party, Jaime Mayor Oreja, on Thursday, December 13, in the ceremony conferring the latter a honorary doctorate from Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia, UCAM. "Aznar" /biography, who made a laudatio of the former Minister of Domestic Affairs, said that "in times like this nations need reference figures. Today, here, we pay tribute to one of those figures that Spain can always resort to in order to find its way back." "Aznar" /news stressed that Jaime Mayor Oreja is characterised by "his willingness to sacrifice, his humility and respect for the truth, his love for the Basque Country and Spain, and his loyalty" and, therefore, stressed that his honorary doctorate "is well deserved". In his view, "people like Jaime Mayor remind us that we still have a great future ahead of us. That the fate of countries is not written and that there is no reason for resignation. That our country is still in our hands. That among us we can find the best". He also stated that "at times, it may seem that the task before us is excessive, almost impossible. But allow me to remind you of something: Spain has overcome great trials and will overcome them again if we if we act together again and if our national life finds the sound references it needs". "Aznar" /multimedia_photos is the director of the UCAM-FAES chair of Ethics, Politics and Humanities of Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia, for which he was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2010.