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Sanchez calls for defending democracy against war and inequality

The Spanish President made these statements at the beginning of the Fourth Meeting for the Defence of Democracy held in Barcelona, in which he said that everyone present 'concerns'  eta shares' responsibilities' , which is why he has encouraged all the guests to make decisions.

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Pedro Sanchez, President of Spain

The President of the Spanish Government Pedro Sanchez has called for action todefend democracy En the way En front of about 20 progressive leaders has sent a message in Barcelona against the spread of war, inequality and disinformation. 

The Spanish President made these statements at the beginning of his Fourth Meeting for the Defence of Democracy, in which he said that everyone present shares 'concerns ' and 'responsibilities', which is why he has encouraged all his guests to make decisions.

The meeting was attended by, among others, the Presidents of Brazil, Lula da Silva; Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum; Colombia, Gustavo Petro; and South Africa, Cyril Ramaphoosa, to whom Sanchez has said thatdemocracy "cannot be taken for granted" because it carries risks.

"We see attacks on the multilateral system, attempts to challenge the norms of international law and a dangerous normalization of the use of force, and there is a growing lack of resilience and misinformation in our societies," he said at the opening of the summit.

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For Sanchez, it is dangerous for nations to "gradually empty democracy from within while it is attacked from outside." For this reason, he has warned that the answer cannot be just to protect it. "It is not enough to resist, we have to proposeit, and we have to show that defending democracy is not enough, that it has to be strengthened and rounded up. "

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