May 24, 2010 3:07PM 

# Charles Murray in Slovakia 

By [Ian Vásquez](https://www.cato.org/people/ian-vasquez) 

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Cato co-sponsored a successful conference in Bratislava, Slovakia last week with *Trend* business magazine, [“Slovakia at the Crossroads of Reform.”](https://www.cato.org/events/100517-bratislava.html) At a time when the crisis in the eurozone is exposing the unsustainable nature of the European welfare state — and one month before general elections in the country — the event brought together international experts and political and opinion leaders from a broad ideological spectrum, including from the newly formed classical liberal party, Freedom and Solidarity, which is now polling at 10–11 percent. [Here’s a video of Charles Murray’s timely keynote address](http://video.etrend.sk/video/etrend/charles-murray-socialny-stat-berie-vitalitu.html) on “Freedom in the 21st Century.”

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