World in Progress Forum 2026 Barcelona, live | Calviño: “Multilateralism is alive and working”
The President of the European Investment Bank opens the second day of the forum in Barcelona and claims that Europe must remain at the “hard core” of global governance | Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, among others, will speak on Tuesday.
Nadia Calviño, President of the European Investment Bank, has defended the role of multilateralism at the World in Progress forum in Barcelona. She stated that multilateralism is "alive and working" despite its limitations and facing unprecedented attacks. Calviño also highlighted the European Investment Bank as one of the "great successes" of the European Union, with annual operations exceeding €100 billion.
The forum, organized by Grupo PRISA, features various speakers, including Josep Tabernero, Borja Ochoa, Juan Manuel Santos, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Rafael Grossi, Tim Gould, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Arancha González Laya, and Julissa Reynoso.
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