Timothy Garton Ash 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences

Statement by Timothy Garton Ash after the awarding of the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences

“I am honoured and delighted to join the very distinguished list of recipients of the Princess of Asturias Awards. I take this also as a further mark of the intellectual community of Europe – and beyond – that we need more than ever in these difficult times for our continent and for the pursuit of truth.”
Timothy Garton Ash
Oxford (United Kingdom), 26th May 2026