Ever since I took to the streets when I was 17 to protest at great personal risk against the communist dictatorship, I have been a passionate democrat.

I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.

The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation.

In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since.

At 24, I took time off to have a baby, and ever since, I have been juggling modelling with motherhood.

The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.