On the 30th and 31st May, in association with the Robert Schuman Foundation and the European Council, the International Francophone Organisation organised a regional conference in Sofia on the freedom of the press and the regulation of the media in Central and Eastern Europe. Gérard Saint Paul, journalist and member of the Robert Schuman Foundation's scientific council spoke at the inauguration session, giving a presentation of the freedom of the press in Western European countries and the challenges experienced by the press in Western Europe.