The King urges that "the necessary measures" be adopted to "maintain social cohesion"

• Monarchy The Kings begin in Germany one of their most important trips

• Words Felipe VI and Steinmeier ask for the unity of Europe and compliance with International Law in the face of war

Claiming the unity of the European Union has been the message that Felipe VI wanted to underline throughout the first day of the state trip to Germany.

If in the morning he stated that "We are

to respecting

and its observance and compliance", in the evening, before the gala dinner at the Palais Bellevue, he insisted on the need for "a strong and sovereign" in the face of global uncertainty.

In relation to the times of uncertainty that we are experiencing, the King recalled that the two countries are "well-being societies in which market freedom is complemented by social justice".

For this reason, "

to the fears of citizens due to uncertainty and the crisis.

"It is essential to maintain social cohesion, in the face of threats to the foundations of our democracies."

The King hopes that both countries can "cooperate in modeling the EU and the world we want" and believes that all the meetings held throughout this year, culminating in this state trip

to achieve this goal .

The Monarch stressed that Spain and Germany share "a vision of an increasingly integrated EU" and stated that they are "completely committed to a

, capable of fully assuming its responsibilities in an international society in which those values and principles that I mentioned before are increasingly questioned".

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Felipe VI and Steinmeier ask for the unity of Europe and compliance with International Law in the face of war

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Felipe VI and Steinmeier ask for the unity of Europe and compliance with International Law in the face of war

In extolling the role that Spain and Germany have played in Europe, and which is in line with the Government's strategy for Spain to take Italy's place in the Union, the King stated that the two countries "have been

so that In Europe, the political will has been displayed to face the health, social and economic challenges in solidarity and in concert".

The King has once again remembered

in his evening speech, as he did in the morning.

Don Felipe has said that with this aggression, Ukraine "has returned to Europe", in addition, he has affirmed that in Spain "we are fully in solidarity with the Ukrainian government and people, and we unwaveringly support the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine ".

Institutional day

This first day of the state trip to Germany has been the one that has had the most institutional weight on the King and Queen's agenda.

In the morning, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia were

at the Palais Bellevue, the residence of the president and his wife.

After reviewing the troops, greeting a group of children and meeting, the King and Steinmeier offered a statement to the press in which they recalled the importance of the union against Putin.

Then, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia went to the monument to the Victims of War and Tyranny, where they placed

made up of gladioli and lilies.

Don Felipe then began his agenda alone after a meeting with Chancellor Scholz and a private lunch.

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At three in the afternoon, the King arrived at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, where he met the physicist

who works on research into green hydrogen and how to convert it into forms of fuel through catalysis.

Roldán conveyed to the King the need for

quickly in building photovoltaic cells and "exporting sun".

After that meeting, Felipe VI, accompanied again by Doña Letizia, arrived at the Bellevue for the gala dinner, an appointment in which the Queen repeated the red Stella McCartney dress that she premiered on the occasion of the 50th birthday of King William of the Countries. Low.

This Tuesday the Kings face an intense second day.

In the morning, Felipe VI will preside over the inauguration of the German-Hispanic Economic Forum

and green energy.

He will then hold a meeting with

president of the parliament, while Doña Letizia will visit the exhibition Writing all their names that the Palais Populaire has organized with part of the

collection .

Already at 11.30, the King and Queen will meet to visit the Town Hall and the Brandenburg Gate, two emblematic points of the city and linked by the Paseo de los Limes.

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In the afternoon, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia will open the

, the most important cultural event for the publishing sector.

In the evening they will hold a response reception at the Meliá Frankfurt.

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