President Connolly to attend European presidents' meeting
President Catherine Connolly is meeting with 11 European presidents in Ljubljana, Slovenia in what she has said is a 'timely opportunity to reflect on the global crises facing us'.
President Catherine Connolly is set to meet with 11 European leaders in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This will be her first 'Arraiolos Group' summit as a non-executive Head of State for Europe, marking the 21st time the group has convened. The gathering, which falls on a timely occasion, aims to discuss the pressing global crises the world faces.
These include 117.8 million forcibly displaced individuals, widening economic inequality, and the normalization of warfare driven by military industrial profits. President Connolly emphasized the importance of collective action among EU members and individual states, urging them to uphold their founding values of human dignity, equality, and human rights.
The event will also see the presence of leaders from Austria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Connolly and her husband were recently honored with an official dinner and reception at the Presidential Palace in Ljubljana, hosted by the Irish Ambassador to Slovenia, H.E. Caroline Phelan.
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