Development cooperation and immigration were a central part of the seminar "European Union and the Mediterranean: Employment, development, innovation and social cohesion", held in Rome on February 25 and 26, 2021.

 Photo: Maria Pangaro

The Polish city of Lublin hosted an international seminar organized by Europejski Dom Spotkań - Fundacja Nowy Staw (EDS-FNS), held on January 15-16, 2021.

The book Problemas globales, cinco siglos después de la Primera Vuelta al Mundo (Global problems, five centuries after the First Trip Around the World), has recently appeared, published thanks to the participation of the IPCM.

"We are facing a reverse historical process"

IPCM has promoted a European meeting in Porto, organized by FIDESTRA, attended by leaders of social entities from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Hungary and Poland.

In his speech, the IPCM president, Rafael Rodríguez-Ponga, pointed out that immigration is at the center of the social debate, to the point that the British Prime Minister yesterday pointed out this issue as a key point to justify the exit of the United Kingdom from the EU.

“We are facing a reverse historical process,” said Rafael Rodríguez-Ponga, who is also rector of the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU of Barcelona. He explained that, for decades, the EU has been expanding and that we have been working for many years to strengthen the common immigration and refuge policy, to give joint responses to such broad challenges. Brexit opens a stage of new complexity.