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 condemns the attacks in Sri Lanka

Apr 22, 2019

CdM condemns yesterdays’ terror attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.

Club de Madrid discusses links between online information and declining trust in democratic institutions

Apr 22, 2019

Members of the Board of Directors of Club de Madrid (CdM) led the Roundtable ‘Trust in Democracy’ held in London on 28th March to analyze the links between low trust in democratic institutions and the regulation of information online.

Statement by Member Chandrika Kumaratunga on the recent attacks in Sri Lanka

Apr 22, 2019

I join all peace loving Sri Lankans to condemn unreservedly the dastardly acts of violence that occurred since this morning in several leading Christian churches all over the country and in Hotels in Colombo. My heartfelt sympathies go out to the families of those who lost lives, even while they...

G40 Statement to the “London Conference” about Somalia – 23 February 2012

Feb 23, 2012

Original statement The Women’s Leadership for Peace and Security in the Greater Horn of Africa Project was launched in...

Digital Technologies for 21st Century Democracy & Gala Dinner 2011

Feb 17, 2012

1. Our 2011 Annual Conference, Digital Technologies for 21st Century Democracy, in which reputated speakers, along...

Women Building Peace in Somaliland

Feb 15, 2012

Hargeisa, February 15th, 2012 – The G40 group, formed in 2009 as part of the Club de Madrid’s project, “Women’s...

A Foreign Policy at the Service of Spain

Feb 13, 2012

The ministers stated that successfully exiting the crisis would depend ¨largely on Spain´s ability to project an...

The Mexican Presidency of the G20 and its Priorities

Feb 13, 2012

Strengthening the rule of law in counter-terrorism

Jan 24, 2012

Update 14 May 2012: Dowload here the report UN Reform, the Rule of Law and Counter-Terrorism: How Can Past...

Publish your paper!

Jan 15, 2012

Call for Papers The Club de Madrid in collaboration with the Maastricht School of Management (MsM) will convene a two...

Haitian President launches key unblocking measures with the support of the Club de Madrid

Jan 13, 2012

The sixth Club de Madrid mission to Haiti (Dec. 19-22), paved the way towards political dialogue amongst...

For Haiti and for Haitian people

Jan 12, 2012

Two years after a terrible earthquake struck Haiti on January 12th, 2010, Club de Madrid remembers the...