US EditionGlobal Progressive Leaders Gather at Spain Rallies
Leaders from dozens of countries urged a united response to rising authoritarianism and superpower tensions.
- Progressive leaders gathered in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday to defend the multilateral rules-based order and galvanize forces against a world turning toward the right.
- The summit addressed two overlapping events regarding democracy and progress, focusing on the global shift toward right-wing movements and destabilizing actions by major superpowers.
- Attending were Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and some 6,000 left-leaning elected officials, policy analysts and activists.
- President Donald Trump lashed out Saturday on social media at Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for refusing to raise military spending from 2% to 5% of GDP.
- Among concrete proposals, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will present a draft resolution to establish an International Panel on Inequality to the United Nations General Assembly in September.
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Lincoln Journal Star
Global progressive leaders gather at Spain rallies
BARCELONA, Spain — Progressive leaders from around the globe gathered Saturday to try to galvanize their forces and defend the multilateral rules-based order in a world turning to the right and violently torn by superpowers.
Progressive Leaders Met in Barcelona to Push Back Against Right-Wing Politics
The moment revealed a coordinated attempt by progressive leaders – including US Democrats – to reclaim political ground. Host of the twin events, Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister of Spain, said the far right vision was fading globally.
Donald Trump mocked NATO member Spain on Saturday. At the same time, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez criticized the president's tariffs and Iran war in front of about 6,000 participants at an "anti-Trump rally" in Barcelona, reports Politico. "We are going to twist the arm of the people who think they are completely unreachable," said the Prime Minister. One of the speakers who praised Sánchez was former Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S).
Barcelona, Spain. The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, called to protect democracy against “attacks on the multilateral system” at a meeting in Barcelona of left-wing international leaders with the leaders of Brazil, Colombia or Mexico. “The context is clear, democracy cannot be taken for granted,” Sánchez said during the opening speech of the Fourth Meeting in Defense of Democracy. “We see attacks on the multilateral system, …
El Periódico
Sánchez and Lula lead an alliance of countries in defense of international law and against Trump’s methods
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