In Conversation with the Ambassador of Spain to the UK on the future of British-Spanish bilateral relations

The Ambassador of Spain to the UK and NI will take to the stage at LSE to discuss the future of British-Spanish bilateral relations.

H.E. Mr. José Pascual Marco, Ambassador of Spain to the UK, will reflect on the opportunities and challenges for British-Spanish bilateral relations in an increasingly volatile world. He will reflect on the events shaping the current political situation in a year of elections in the UK, the US and the EU, and conflicts that are shaping the global order, just weeks after ending a very successful presidency of the Council of the EU that allowed Spain to shape the EU response to the different challenges of the global stage. From the policy towards Ukraine and Gaza to the new legislation on Artificial Intelligence, this 2024 will be deeply affected not only by the Spanish Presidency, but, in a broader scope, by the organization in Granada, of the European Political Community. This 2024 will be a year of challenges and opportunities, and strengthening the UK-Spain bilateral relations will help us to face the first ones and to grab the latter.

Meet the Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Mr José Pascual Marco was appointed Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in August 2021. During his diplomatic career, he has held posts in Pakistan, Nicaragua, Australia, Turkey, South Africa, DR Congo, USA and Brussels, as Ambassador-Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain to the EU.

In Madrid, among other roles, he has been Director General for Cultural Policy and Editorial Industries at the Spanish Ministry for Education, Culture and Sport and, from 2017 to 2021, Director General for Coordination of EU Common Policies and General Affairs at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.

Ambassador Marco holds degrees in Law and Philosophy, and Diploma on International Studies from the Spanish Diplomatic Academy.

You can find more information of the event here https://www.lse.ac.uk/canada-blanch/events/2023-4/Spain-Ambassador-UK/Spain-Ambassador-UK

Meet our chair

Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose is the Princesa de Asturias Chair and a Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. He is the Director of the Cañada Blanch Centre LSE. He is a former Head of the Department of Geography and Environment between 2006 and 2009. He is a past-President of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) (2015-2017) and served as Vice-President of the RSAI in 2014. He was also Vice-President (2012-2013) and Secretary (2001-2005) of the European Regional Science Association.

More about this event

The Cañada-Blanch Centre at LSE is the vehicle to achieve the objective of the Fundación Cañada Blanch: developing and reinforcing the links between the United Kingdom and Spain. This is done by means of fostering cutting-edge knowledge generation and joint research projects between researchers in the United Kingdom, and at LSE in particular, on the one hand, and Spain, on the other.