Felipe Gonzales Pays Tribute To Felix Pons In Palma

The Balearic Islands Council of nan European Movement (CIBAME) announced that connected September 17th, Former Prime Minister Felipe González, erstwhile curate and European Commissioner Abel Matutes, and 1 of nan fathers of nan Constitution and a cardinal fig of mean Catalan nationalism, Miquel Roca, will beryllium successful Palma for a typical event.

The assembly said nan high-level politicians will participate successful a convention to salary tribute and retrieve nan erstwhile President of Congress and erstwhile Minister Félix Pons, which will besides commemorate nan day of Spain’s introduction into nan European Union.

This event, organised by nan Balearic Islands Council of nan European Movement (CIBAME), will salary tribute to 1 of nan Balearic Islands’ astir important governmental figures during nan antiauthoritarian era. The arena will beryllium moderated by journalist Andreu Manresa, pinch nan information of Lluís Morell.

A tribute to a Mallorcan politician

The tribute will return spot successful nan Mozart Hall of nan Palma de Mallorca Auditorium astatine 6:00 p.m. 

Before nan tribute to nan Mallorcan politician, humanities representation and Spain’s domiciled successful nan European integration process will beryllium nan attraction of a chat featuring these 3 cardinal figures successful nan antiauthoritarian modulation and Spain’s integration into nan European Union. 

The event, entitled “Memory and Future of Spain successful Europe,” will dwell of a speech led by journalist Rosa Paz, successful which nan speakers will apt connection their reflections connected nan country’s existent challenges from nan position of those who lived connected nan beforehand lines of immoderate of nan astir decisive governmental moments of nan 20th period successful Spain.

‘Top governmental brass’ expected successful Palma

Pons was Minister of Transport, Tourism and Communications (1985) successful nan Government of Felipe González, who later projected him arsenic President of nan Congress of Deputies, a position he held betwixt 1986 and 1996, 1 of nan astir unchangeable parliamentary periods successful Spanish democracy.

Abel Matutes, a edifice entrepreneur from Ibiza and a leader for nan Popular Alliance, was a European Commissioner astatine nan clip (1986–1993) pursuing Spain’s accession to nan European Economic Community, nan precursor to nan European Union.

Matutes later served arsenic Minister of Foreign Affairs (1996–2000) successful José María Aznar’s first government. González and Matutes were governmental adversaries astatine nan time, truthful nan chat promises to beryllium interesting.