Wednesday 5 February, at 19 hours, al local, former MEP Jordi Solé visits us, that will tell us about the foreign policy of the European Union. The exact title of the conference will be:
"Towards a Union irrelevant to the world? EU foreign policy challenges for the coming years»
Today's geopolitics is increasingly complex. Terrible wars are waged in which they participate, indirectly, numerous countries. D'band, it seems we are back to the days of the cold war, with China and Russia as rivals of the United States in the struggle for world supremacy. On the other band, the world population seems to be more opposed than ever to globalization and internationalism. In this panorama, what role does the European Union play? Mandarin, around the world, multilateralism and democracy seem to be going through lows, can the EU maintain its weight and influence?
We will discuss it with an expert: Jordi Solé, former member of the European Parliament, professor of International Law at the University of Giorna and consultant of international projects at Leitmotif Europe.
Once the conference is over, we will share a dinner (bread with tomato) with the guest and those who wish to accompany us. Dinner is free, but you need to reserve at ours usual address.
the guest
Jordi Solé i Ferrando has a degree in Political Science and Administration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a master's degree in European Studies from the Universitat Europea Viadrina in Frankfurt de l'Oder. It is going to start in politics 2002 as a parliamentary assistant to the MEPs of the Republican Left. Of 2007 a 2019 he was mayor of Caldes de Montbui, municipality where he was born. He was a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia between 2011 i the 2015, where he chaired the Foreign Affairs and European Union committee. Then, he 2016, served as Secretary of Foreign and EU Affairs of the Government of the Generalitat. In this function he contributed to the creation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Of 2017 to the 2024 He was a member of the European Parliament. During the legislature 2019-2024, was president of the European Free Alliance group (BUT) and first vice president of the Greens/ALE group, then the fourth largest group in the Eurochamber. He was coordinator of the group in the Foreign Affairs Committee. He was included among the hundred most influential MEPs in the index MEP Influence.