This electoral uncertainty is coupled with other serious causes for concern, such as the development of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza or the protectionist tensions in the global economy. Crises have long since become the new normal where governments and international institutions are compelled to carry out their work. Instability, turned into the new paradigm of governance, forces a revision of public priorities: security takes precedence over profitability, and strategic autonomy over free trade. However, not everything is a cause for pessimism; in recent years, we have also seen that the magnitude of the challenges has compelled different actors to strengthen their cooperative ties and explore more effective governance formulas.
Strategic and economic instability has also returned the State to a starring role as a protagonist in economic activity. The fiscal stimulus policies developed to overcome the COVID crisis are now joined by new tools aimed at ensuring strategic control of critical sectors for any country, such as energy and communication networks. In this environment, increasing economic regulation is seen as an indispensable tool to tackle major global challenges such as the decarbonization of the economy or the development of Artificial Intelligence. However, at the same time, more and more actors warn of the risks of hyper-regulation as a potential brake on the development of innovation and new economic activities. Simultaneously, it is necessary to address social unrest and restore confidence in the market economy’s ability to create and distribute wealth across society, which involves making employment the focus of economic policies. Probably the greatest challenge today in this field is anticipating and preventing the impact that Artificial Intelligence will have on the current model of labor relations.
Since its first edition, the Foro La Toja-Atlantic Link has continually reflected on the values that define our liberal democracies. This year, we continue to do so by addressing the widespread phenomenon of social polarization. The health and efficacy of a democratic system depend on minimal consensuses on values common to the entire society. Polarization undermines these consensuses and, consequently, makes our political systems less efficient and less democratic.
We will reflect on all these issues on October 3, 4, and 5 at our traditional meeting on the island of A Toxa. In the debates, we will have internationally renowned speakers such as Daron Acemoglu, Martin Wolf, Simon Montefiore, and Yasha Mounk. In addition to the institutional presence of the Government, the Xunta de Galicia, and the opposition leader, we will once again hear from the most authoritative voices in the business world to hear their suggestions on the reform agenda that our country needs.
Confirmed speakers for this edition
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Agustín Rayo
Dean of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT
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Alberto Núñez Feijoo
President of the PP and leader of the opposition
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Alfonso Rueda
President of the Regional Goverment of Galicia
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Alicia Coronil
Chief Economist Singular Bank and PhD in Economics Universidad San-Pablo CEU
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Amanda Mars
Director at CincoDías and Subdirector in economics information in El País
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Ángel Ubide
CEO and Head of Global Fixed Income and Macroeconomics Studies at Citadel
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Anthony Gardner
EE.UU. Ambassador to the EU (2013-2017)
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António Costa
President-elect of the European Council
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Antón Costas
President at CES Spain
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Arancha González Laya
AAEE Minister (2020-2021). Dean at Science Po Institute
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Beatriz Becerra
Former Member of the European Parliament. Vice-chair and co-founder of España Mejor
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Carlos Cuerpo
Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise
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Carlos López Blanco
Senior Adviser of Flint Global and President of the ESYS Foundation (Business, Security and Society)
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Carme Artigas
Co-Chair IA UN Advisory Council
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Carmen Martínez Castro
Director of the Foro La Toja
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Cristina Manzano
Director of External Relations, Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB)
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Daniel Gascon
Writer and editor at Letras Libres
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David Autor
Daniel (1972) and Gail Rubinfeld Professor, MIT Department of Economics
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Dolores de Cospedal
Spanish Minister of Defense (2016–2018)
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Edmundo González Urrutia
Winning candidate in the Venezuelan elections
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Enrico Letta
President of the Jacques Delors Institute
EU Rapporteur on the future of the Single Market -
Eva Poptcheva
Former Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. Senior official of the European Parliament
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Felipe González
President of the Spain Government (1982-1996)
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Fernando Clavijo
President of Canarias
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Fátima Báñez
Minister of Employment and Social Security of Spain (2011-2018)
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Félix Bolaños García
Minister of the Presidency of Foro la Toja, Justice and Relations with the Courts of Spain
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Héctor Flórez
President Deloitte España
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Jaume Guardiola
President of Círculo de Economía
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Joaquín Manso
Director at El Mundo
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Josep Borrell
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission
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José Juan Ruiz
President at the Real Instituto Elcano
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José Luis Escrivá
Governor Bank of Spain
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Juan Manuel Vieites
President Confederation Empresarios de Galicia
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Juan María Nin
President Círculo de Empresarios
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Luis Garicano Gabilondo
Professor of Public Policy, London School of Economics
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Marga Prohens
President of the government of the Balearic Islands
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Mariano Rajoy
President of the Government of Spain (2011-2018)
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Mario Centeno
Governor Bank of Portugal
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Mario Ruiz Tagle
CEO Iberdrola España
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Marta Blanco
President Of The International Relations Commission Of Ceoe
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Martin Wolf
Associate Editor & Chief Economics Commentator
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Pablo García-Berdoy
Permanent Representative of Spain to the EU (2016-2021) and LLyC's Public Affairs Lead for Europe
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Pedro Polo
CEO MarshMclennan
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Rick R. Suárez
President Astrazeneca Spain
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British historian
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Vera Jourova
Vice-President of the European Commission
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Victor Lapuente
Political scientist and columnist for El País
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Yascha Mounk
Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University.
MEDIA MENTIONS
The Foro in headlines
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“Felipe VI presents Josep Borrell with the Foro la Toja-Atlantic Link Award”
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“Felipe González: “Leadership is not being a mercenary. You have to make pacts of State”
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“Rueda, Clavijo and Prohens urge to negotiate the regional financing system”
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“King Felipe VI inaugurates the Foro La Toja 2024”
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“Felipe VI: The EU must provide answers; I don't think there is a better alternative”
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“Rodríguez invites PP to sign the Land Law, after Feijóo asks to speed up housing construction”
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“Bolaños defends the suspension of the primaries in Castilla y León: It is time for the Federal Congress”
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“Feijóo now proposes to streamline the plans to facilitate more housing that he did not support for the current land law”
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“Edmundo Gonzalez proclaims himself president of Venezuela and announces that he will come to take office”
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“Mariano Rajoy has lamented that there is too much regulation in the European Union”
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“González and Rajoy bet on pacts between PSOE and PP”
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