CAMPUS FAES 2021 WE TALK ABOUT EUROPE. THE EU, A STRATEGIC ACTOR IN POST-PANDEMIC (20.09.21)

Between September 20 and 24, the Campus FAES 2021 We talk about Europe. The EU, a strategic actor in the post-pandemic, organized by the FAES Foundation, was held. The MEP and director of the FAES Foundation, Javier Zarzalejos, participated in the inauguration of the conference together with José Ignacio Torreblanca. Zarzalejos assured that “liberal democracy is threatened and the EU has significant risks for its internal cohesion.” “When we move towards overcoming the pandemic, as reflected by the lifting of restrictions, the post-pandemic reserves us a landing in normalcy that should consolidate the recovery, reestablish economic rules, rebalance public accounts, reorganize markets and fully recover the functioning of all democratic institutions ”, he stressed.

During his speech, Zarzalejos outlined some of the challenges we face, such as security issues, the digital revolution or the risks associated with climate change. “We have to face all this from the liberal democratic systems in which we want to live but which suffer from the overflow strategies of populisms that present them as incapable of providing solutions,” he explained.