The Catalan president Pere Aragonés and the mayoress Ada Colau accompany the king and Pedro Sánchez on the official dinner of the Mobile congress”We are opening a brand new stage of collaboration, assembly, dialogue”, mentioned Pedro Sánchez
King Felipe VI assured this Sunday that the Mobile World Congress (MWC) is a “very important creator” of financial progress each for the financial system of Barcelona and for all of Spain.
He mentioned it on the official congress dinner, earlier than the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez; the primary vice chairman, Nadia Calviño; the president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès; the mayors of Barcelona and L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Ada Colau and Núria Marín; the CEO of the GSMA, John Hoffman, and the president of Fira de Barcelona, Pau Relat, amongst others.
During a speech in English, Spanish and Catalan, the King acknowledged that the MWC, which is held from Monday to Thursday at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue, has all the time represented for Barcelona and Spain “a a lot higher worth than that of the honest itself”.
“The MWC identifies effectively with Barcelona, and Barcelona additionally identifies intensely with the MWC”, including that the idea of ‘velocity’ -the motto of this edition- is the actual key for society to maneuver ahead.
worldwide instability
Felipe VI regretted that society is going through a “new ambiance of instability and uncertainty that has a direct affect on the worldwide financial system.”
He has pointed to each the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, “which comes hand in hand with a transparent improve in worldwide tensions”, as the primary challenges which have appeared in geopolitics in recent times.
It has reiterated its assist for Ukraine “in its professional protection, its freedom and territorial integrity.”
“In the brand new world that we have now forward of us, cellular connectivity continues to be a significant type of social assist”, he mentioned, and recalled the significance of getting the potential for being linked and united with individuals who have been impacted by conflicts and pure disasters.
Sánchez digitization and territorial cohesion
For his half, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has assured that digitization “ought to assist to scale back gaps in all areas, and in Spain, additionally the territorial one”.
“We are opening a brand new stage of collaboration, assembly, and dialogue, which is able to enable us to give attention to every little thing that unites us, which is the progress of Catalonia, Barcelona and all of the individuals who reside in them,” he added.