“Melilla is an international reference in terms of the model of coexistence and interculturality.” The Government Delegate, Sabrina Moh, has addressed the role that our city can offer as a model for the European Union (EU) and become a promoter of the values that support it.
The highest representative of the Government of Spain in our city participated today in the round table ‘The footprint of the Presidency. Strengthening European identity and the Granada Pact’, organised by the University of Granada, Talent for the Future and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.
The head of the Government Delegation pointed out that the values on which the EU is based, that is, pluralism, tolerance, non-discrimination or equality between men and women, are the basis for building a project of integration and union and “something fundamental to continue strengthening the confluence of different cultures and ethnicities”. Values, he added, that allow us to continue moving forward in an increasingly fair and egalitarian society.
At this point he has made reference to a fundamental piece such as education as a means to transform society. Education, he said, is at the heart of the policies of the Government of Spain, “working for and for the future of our young people, articulating an inclusive, digital and competitive educational framework capable of promoting values such as those we previously highlighted”.
In addition, in a city like Melilla, it has highlighted the realization and implementation of different cultural activities that are carried out in educational centers, from the initial stages, which allows our students to develop an understanding of the various cultures that allows them to internalize values necessary to live in a city.
Moh, who has referred to the historical coexistence between different cultures of our city, has stressed the need to continue working from institutions and all areas to continue protecting our model of coexistence and, in turn, to be able to export it to different parts not only of the national territory but also in the international sphere.
In this regard, the Delegate has stressed the need to eradicate hate speeches “that directly affect the coexistence of our city” and echoed one of the phrases that the former President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, made at the conference he gave in our city in May last year: “Melilla is the example and mirror of cultural diversity. Cultural diversity, understanding, respect, seeking and understanding the other, is the guarantee of peace and coexistence.”
Look at Melilla
During the round table, the highest representative of the Government of Spain in our city addressed the welfare project, which constitutes the EU, for all Europeans. A project, he said, that requires continuing to work for a more global, autonomous, digital, ecological, agile, resilient Europe, with greater social justice and the capacity to make the necessary decisions that help to face the great challenges and challenges of our times.
As far as our city is concerned and against those who say that Melilla “must look to the North”, Moh has made it clear that our city must have a “panoramic view and look everywhere” but, above all “we have to work for the world to look to Melilla”.
“We are a strategic place and with enormous potential. Instead of talent going elsewhere for lack of opportunities, we have to get the talent of the city and stay and attract talent from outside,” he argued.
At this point, the Delegate has set an example of the new University Hospital, which will be equipped with cutting-edge technology, and which will allow our health professionals to develop their work activity, but can also attract professionals from other points.