by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Mar 10, 2022 | English
Europe and the West must avoid the temptation to impose the so-called ‘Western civilization’ on the rest of the world There was a widespread feeling that the 21st century would not see traditional conflicts and wars. We naively thought that this century...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Oct 25, 2021 | English
“Basta ya: Enough is enough”: this cry went viral in Spain in the 1990s and 2000s to confront the barbarity of ETA terrorism. Today we should recover it to stop the odious and condemnable wave of terrorist attacks perpetrated in religious sites. In March...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Nov 23, 2020 | English
The Barcelona Declaration marks a milestone in a project of peace and prosperity for the whole region. November 28, 1995, will be marked as one of the most important milestones in Spanish and European diplomacy. The Barcelona Declaration was signed on that date. It...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Mar 25, 2020 | English
The Covid-19 crisis can be analyzed from different points of view, but at this point there is no question that we are one humanity. The virus has traveled all over the world and no one is going to be spared. Despite controversies and debates about the closure of...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Jul 18, 2019 | English
“I believe in the absolute oneness of God and therefore of humanity. What difference that it makes that we have many bodies? We have but one soul. The rays of the sun are many through refraction. But they have the same source.” – Mahatma Gandhi This...
by Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Jun 4, 2019 | English
The return of hate in recent times is a cause of concern. Animosity, confrontation, revolts, incitement to violence, have always been unfortunately part of human history. Each community tried to shield itself from the ‘other’, from the unknown, the ‘barbarian’, the...
