Felipe VI: "We need to maintain the solidity of our institutions"

• Words Felipe VI asks the new lawyers to defend "justice as the supreme value"

Felipe VI has presided over the act of celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Uría Menéndez office.

A law firm with which Don Felipe has many personal ties.

"I will always keep

certainly magnificent and even of

," the King confessed in his words.

Because Aurelio Menéndez was the tutor of Felipe VI during his years as a law student at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Founder together with Rodrigo Uría of the firm, the lawyer's wardship towards the then Prince of Asturias led to a relationship of loyalty from the office to the Crown and gratitude from the Monarch to the firm.

From the stage of the Coliseum Theater, Felipe VI wanted to address the

workers of the firm: "You are the future", he told them.

"You are part of the generation that

that will direct our steps from now on," he reflected.

Don Felipe has affirmed that "the recent history of Spain is a success story", for this reason, he has reminded them of the need for "what we have achieved together to consolidate, deepen and become even more successful".

For this, the King has urged young people on the need to

care for and promote the values ​​and the best attitudes of coexistence, respect and harmony".

All this is necessary because we live in times in which "the uncertainty factor" has taken on "even more force", said the King.

"

that have cemented our coexistence in recent decades are being questioned a lot," he reflected.

"As a group of democracies, we must defend together not only the rule of law and the values ​​and principles that emanate from our constitutions, but also reinforce the peaceful and loyal framework of relations", requested Don Felipe.

He has also insisted on the need to

About the law firm, Don Felipe has asked the lawyers to "preserve" the memory and the "formidable legacy" of the founders.

He also wanted to convey

"very affectionate thanks" to

Finally, the King has valued lawyers as "a framework for the economic growth of our country" and "a school of great lawyers".

At the gates of the Coliseum theater in Madrid, Don Felipe was received by

, president of the Professor Uría Foundation;

the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez Almeida;

and the Minister of the Presidency Félix Bolaños, a former employee of the office.

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