Club de Madrid Articles

“New Fault lines in Europe: the political consequences of Brexit”, by John Bruton

John Bruton, former PM of Ireland (1994-1997) delivered the Grattan lectura in the Irish Embassy in London last Monday 12 of june. In his own words, he describes the background to Brexit and the exemption the UK already enjoyed as an EU member; The lectura explains...

Ban Ki-moon, new honorary Club de Madrid Member

Kofi Annan, who joined World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA - CdM) in 2007 and the current UNSG, Antonio Guterres, currently on leave and who joined the Club de Madrid in 2002 as a founding Member on his capacity of former Prime Minister of Portugal. This...

PM Lagumdzija met with Lebanon Grand Mufti during High Level visit to Lebanon

“Peace is a precondition for economic development and prosperity, economic development is a precondition for social development. One can’t go without the other”, said PM Lagumdzija (Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001-2002) during his meeting with Lebanese authorities. The...

Club de Madrid Members react to Trump’s decision of pulling out the US of the Paris Agreement

Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary General and Club de Madrid Member, tweeted three times, making clear that climate action is the the smar, and only thing to do.     Climate action is not just the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do....

Club de Madrid celebrates International Women’s Day 2019

Almost all female Members of World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid were the first females elected Heads of State or Heads of Government in their countries. Among its Membership, World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid also has the first directly democratically elected female president...

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The #FutureWeWant

The decisive challenge for world leaders at the Rio-Summit is to address income and wealth inequality, which threatens...

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