Spain's Pedro Sanchez and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will spearhead gatherings of the global left in Barcelona on Friday and Saturday, in a bid to defend multilateralism and mobilize left-wing movements against the far right.
The meetings, organized by Spain and left-wing political networks, come as U.S. President Donald Trump's swift cuts to humanitarian aid, military interventions, and threats to abandon NATO have shaken the status quo of international relations and prompted a rethink of global allegiances.
Borne out of a wake-up call for European socialists after the far-right surge in EU elections in 2024, the aim of the so-called "Global Progressive Mobilization" starting on Friday is to mobilize advocates of left-wing ideas, culminating in a declaration of common actions on goals from defending democracy to the green transition, organizers said.
A second gathering on Saturday - entitled "In Defense of Democracy" - is organized by the Spanish government and is the fourth installment of a summit launched by Lula and Sanchez in 2024.
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