King Felipe VI, former presidents of the Government Felipe González and Mariano Rajoy, and the head of the acting Executive, Pedro Sánchez, will participate in the first La Toja Forum - Atlantic Link , a few days of debate and reflection on the present and the future of the liberal democracies and western values ​​that will be held from October 3 to 5 on the island of La Toja (Pontevedra).

The main promoter of this space is Amancio López , president of the Hotusa hotel group. The Galician businessman has revealed this Thursday, during the presentation of the forum at the House of America in Madrid, that the idea was born 12 years ago at a dinner with former minister " Josep Piqué and other academics, businessmen and politicians" called " Forum of Reflection "in which germinated" the need to defend liberal democracy and the market economy as sources of progress, political stability, legal security, wealth creation and welfare society. "

The former minister Piqué, in this sense, has assured that the values ​​of "liberal democracies are in question both inside and outside Western societies", so it is necessary to counterbalance the positions of the "iliberal, populist or nationalist exclusionary movements ".

In his opinion, he worries that this "international liberal order" is no longer questioned only by powers such as China or Russia, but from within the United States or the United Kingdom, champions of this order, Western democracies have recently been criticized, proof of This is the "paradigmatic example of Brexit".

Therefore, from the La Toja Forum - Atlantic Link have decided to inaugurate this think tank with the objective of discussing "the phenomena that are transforming our societies and that will define our quality of life in the coming years".

The opening day, inaugurated by the King, will be attended by Alberto Núñez Feijoó, president of the Xunta de Galicia, and Steven Pinker , a Canadian professor at Harvard , who in conversation with former minister Piqué will address "the future of liberal democracy ".

On October 4, you can witness the "unpublished" debate, in the words of Piqué, between former presidents of the Government Felipe González and Mariano Rajoy, who have only debated with José María Aznar or José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, but never with each other . The former leaders of the PSOE and the PP will discuss the current state of Spain's politics and how the future is planned. Despite this main course, during the day personalities such as Cristina Gallach , high commissioner of the 2030 Agenda will participate in other conversations; Alejandro Alvargonzález , former NATO deputy secretary general; Pablo Isla , president of Inditex or Jorge Castañeda , former Mexican politician, among others.

The last day (October 5) will feature several presentations, among which are those of Juan Pablo García Berdoy , Spanish ambassador to the European Union, or the Vice President of the European Parliament, Mairead Mcguinness . The Pedro Sánchez forum will close, which by that date or will have been invested as President of the Government, or will be immersed in the electoral campaign for a hypothetical general election on November 10 in the event of not obtaining the necessary support for its investiture before the week coming.

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  • Spain
  • Felipe Gonzalez
  • Pedro Sanchez
  • United Kingdom
  • European Union
  • Pontevedra
  • European Parliament
  • PSOE
  • PP
  • Russia
  • NATO
  • Alberto Nunez Feijoo
  • China
  • U.S
  • Galicia
  • José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
  • Jose Maria Aznar
  • Madrid
  • Philip VI

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