<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, will join the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences this Wednesday as a full member.</strong></h4> The solemn session will take place at the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in Madrid and will be presided over by King Felipe VI. Josep Borrell was elected as an academic on March 19, 2024, to fill the position left vacant by the death of Alejandro Nieto, one of the most prominent figures in the field of Administrative Law and research in Spain. On May 9, the King awarded the Carlos V European Prize to Josep Borrell for "his career, his defense of peace, democracy, and European values, and for his contribution to European integration and promotion of the development of the European Union's external action, which has strengthened the Union's role and leadership in the world at particularly delicate times." An aeronautical engineer and economist, Josep Borrell held various ministerial positions in the Spanish government from 1984 to 1996. He subsequently participated in the drafting of the European Union's Constitutional Treaty as a member of the Convention. In 2004, he was elected to the European Parliament after running as the head of the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) list. From 2004 to 2007, he served as President of the European Parliament, and in June 2018, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Spanish government. Following the 2019 European elections, he was elected to the post of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union, a position he held until 2024. From there, he faced some of the most significant and serious challenges facing the European Union in recent years, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which required him to coordinate the civil and military response strategies of the Member States. The Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (RACMYP) is a space for meeting and debate on social, economic, philosophical, and political-legal knowledge. It is made up of 44 members who hold the 44 Medals of Full Members (numbered 1 to 44). Founded in 1857 by Royal Decree of Queen Isabel II with the mission of "cultivating the moral and political sciences," the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences is part of the so-called "second class" of Royal Academies. The first class, created during the reign of Philip V, corresponds to the Royal Spanish Academy, the Royal Academy of History, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. The RACMYP is a public law corporation with legal personality and institutional and functional autonomy. It is incorporated within the Ministry of Science and Innovation and is partially funded by the Spanish general budget.
