Club de Madrid Articles

Kwaśniewski, Meidani and Tadic support Moldova’s efforts to speed up its EU integration process

Moldova and the EU signed just a few days ago the EU-Moldova Association Agreement, that includes the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). With this agreement, both parts develop an increasingly close relationship going beyond co-operation,...

Club de Madrid calls to stop clashes between Muslims and Sinhalese in Aluthgama & Beruwala

The Club de Madrid has been warning for many years of the dangers of ignoring the build up of intergroup tension and even its encouragement by some in leadership positions in some parts of the world, and it is saddening the lesson has not been learnt and situations...

“Public control is the first and most important control” says Lacalle at the LEND webinar on financing of parties

The discussion was moderated by Maria Leissner, Secretary General of Community of Democracies with Luis Alberto Lacalle, former President of Uruguay and. Dr Peter Hack, former MP of Hungary, law professor and board member of Transparency International as presenters....

Felipe VI, “a renewed Monarchy for new times”

Three Club de Madrid Members, former Presidents, Felipe González, José María Aznar and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero also witnessed the ceremony. Spanish transition from Franco’s dictatorship to a democratic constitutional monarchy can not be understood without the...

Club de Madrid tackles the role of the military in Myanmar’s democratic transition

Jan 25, 2016

This mission came to Myanmar following the historic November 8, 2015 elections in which the opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD) won an outright majority but before the new government has taken place. The visit sought to build on the work of previous missions to advance a peaceful...

Ricardo Lagos launches in Myanmar a book on democratic transitions

Jan 20, 2016

In the publication, former leaders recount the transition from authoritarian state to a more open, democratic society that their countries went through. Among other Club de Madrid Members participating in this publication, B. J. Habibie shares his thoughts on Indonesia’s transition from a...

How can we achieve societies with inclusive, sustainable & resilient prosperity? Read here Laura Chinchilla’s ideas

Jan 18, 2016

A third Club de Madrid Member, the former President of the Republic of Ireland, Mary Robinson, took the floor via videoconference stressing that 'we need to move from business as usual to a paradigm shift to address climate change challenges'. President Robinson pointed out that 'SGD's...

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