The victory of the centre-right coalition in Portugal breaks some ideological clichés, very widespread in recent times. For example, the idea that any government that implements tough austerity measures will receive such a strong electoral punishment that it will prevent it from continuing in power. The Portuguese case demonstrates that although the commitment to austerity creates a definite erosion, it can be compatible with a comfortable majority in the polls. The problem is not the austerity policies themselves, but rather the ability of the governments that adopt them to empathize with citizens. To be able to convince them both of their immediate need and their position as an indispensable instrument for a strong and stable recovery. The great success of Pedro Passos Coelho has...
/05.10.15/.- The former Prime Minister of Spain and president of FAES Foundation, José María Aznar, has taken part today in the forum 'Future in Spanish', invited by Vocento Foundation and the Development Bank of Latin America, CAF. Aznar has held a dialogue with the journalist Juan Carlos Iragorri, 2014 King of Spain International Journalism Award, on the challenges faced by Spain and America. In addition, they also discussed the situation in Spain after the Catalan elections and the debate on the constitutional reform. Aznar expressed his surprise at the attacks he received after his first assessment of the results of the Catalan elections: ‘I have made a diagnosis on the results of the Catalan elections, and I have not seen it disavowed by anyone, but rather reaffirmed by...
/01.10.15/.- La Fundación FAES participa hoy jueves 1 y mañana viernes 2 de octubre en Copenhague en la reunión del Partido Popular Europeo que cada año organiza European Ideas Network, la red de think tanks vinculada al PPE. En esta ocasión la reunión será sobre seguridad y estabilidad política.
In order to carry out any creative work, be it a company, a sports team, humanitarian work, scientific research or a political struggle, you will absolutely always need people ready to play out the specific roles of the project. Normally there are two ways to access the appropriate human capital. One is to choose the people who have the necessary knowledge. The second is to look for some basic conditions, such as health, talent, youth, and from there, invest in the training of the future leaders of the task.
/28.09.15/.- La Fundación FAES ha celebrado la jornada ‘España, puente entre la UE y la Comunidad Iberoamericana’. En ella ha analizado el papel que nuestro país ha desempeñado en la consolidación y el fortalecimiento de las relaciones entre ambas regiones, con el objetivo de promover una relación más sólida y provechosa en el marco de la renovación de los lazos atlánticos. La directora del Área Internacional de FAES, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, ha inaugurado las sesiones con la conferencia ‘Las reformas en España: ¿un modelo para Europa?’. Durante su intervención, ha defendido que “europeísmo y atlantismo van de la mano”, tanto por cuestiones históricas como por los desafíos comunes a los que nos enfrentamos.
Europe is in the throes of two simultaneous crises: on the one hand, it is suffering from a political crisis, a crisis of leadership, one that has led to constitutional failure; on the other, it is suffering from a loss of identity, a phenomenon that results in cultural relativism. Marcello Pera, Speaker of the Italian Senate and Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Pisa, delivered a conference entitled “Strength of Identity” during the course of the FAES Campus 2005, a paper which the FAES Foundation is now publishing. Also known as the co-author of the book Senza Radici (“Without Roots”) alongside Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Professor Pera urges European culture to proudly recall and reaffirm its origins and its universal democratic principles: freedom, equality and tolerance. In this respect, Europe must recognise the intrinsic value of a civilisation, Western civilisation, that has given the world so many universal ideas. “Europe must be aware of the moral superiority of a series of values that have prevailed over centuries and that have produced beneficial results wherever they have become established”.
España, Estados Unidos y la crisis de 1898 (reflexiones para un centenario)
10.06.2015. The victory of the centre-right coalition in Portugal breaks some ideological clichés, very widespread in recent times. For example, the idea that any government that implements tough austerity measures will receive such a strong electoral punishment that it will prevent it from continuing in power. The Portuguese case demonstrates that although the commitment to austerity creates a definite erosion, it can be compatible with a comfortable majority in the polls. The problem is not the austerity policies themselves, but rather the ability of the governments that adopt them to empathize with citizens. To be able to convince them both of their immediate need and their position as an indispensable instrument for a strong and stable recovery. The great success of Pedro Passos Coelho has...
10.05.2015. The former Prime Minister of Spain and president of FAES Foundation, José María Aznar, has taken part today in the forum 'Future in Spanish', invited by Vocento Foundation and the Development Bank of Latin America, CAF. Aznar has held a dialogue with the journalist Juan Carlos Iragorri, 2014 King of Spain International Journalism Award, on the challenges faced by Spain and America. In addition, they also discussed the situation in Spain after the Catalan elections and the debate on the constitutional reform. Aznar expressed his surprise at the attacks he received after his first assessment of the results of the Catalan elections: ‘I have made a diagnosis on the results of the Catalan elections, and I have not seen it disavowed by anyone, but rather reaffirmed by...
10.01.2015. La Fundación FAES participa hoy jueves 1 y mañana viernes 2 de octubre en Copenhague en la reunión del Partido Popular Europeo que cada año organiza European Ideas Network, la red de think tanks vinculada al PPE. En esta ocasión la reunión será sobre seguridad y estabilidad política.
09.30.2015. In order to carry out any creative work, be it a company, a sports team, humanitarian work, scientific research or a political struggle, you will absolutely always need people ready to play out the specific roles of the project. Normally there are two ways to access the appropriate human capital. One is to choose the people who have the necessary knowledge. The second is to look for some basic conditions, such as health, talent, youth, and from there, invest in the training of the future leaders of the task.
09.28.2015. La Fundación FAES ha celebrado la jornada ‘España, puente entre la UE y la Comunidad Iberoamericana’. En ella ha analizado el papel que nuestro país ha desempeñado en la consolidación y el fortalecimiento de las relaciones entre ambas regiones, con el objetivo de promover una relación más sólida y provechosa en el marco de la renovación de los lazos atlánticos. La directora del Área Internacional de FAES, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, ha inaugurado las sesiones con la conferencia ‘Las reformas en España: ¿un modelo para Europa?’. Durante su intervención, ha defendido que “europeísmo y atlantismo van de la mano”, tanto por cuestiones históricas como por los desafíos comunes a los que nos enfrentamos.
01.01.2005. Europe is in the throes of two simultaneous crises: on the one hand, it is suffering from a political crisis, a crisis of leadership, one that has led to constitutional failure; on the other, it is suffering from a loss of identity, a phenomenon that results in cultural relativism. Marcello Pera, Speaker of the Italian Senate and Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Pisa, delivered a conference entitled “Strength of Identity” during the course of the FAES Campus 2005, a paper which the FAES Foundation is now publishing. Also known as the co-author of the book Senza Radici (“Without Roots”) alongside Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Professor Pera urges European culture to proudly recall and reaffirm its origins and its universal democratic principles: freedom...
01.01.1999. España, Estados Unidos y la crisis de 1898 (reflexiones para un centenario)
