His Excellency Dr Jordi Xuclà i Costa, Doctor in Communication, is admitted as a Numerary Member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, with the speech “Els catalans en els orígens de l’europeisme i la Guerra Freda” (The Catalans in the origins of Europeanism and the Cold War)

Response by: His Excellency Dr Santiago Castellà Surribas, Doctor in Law

Room A of the Foment del Treball headquarters. Via Laietana, 32, Barcelona

Monday, 8 June 2026

18:30 h

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Registration: Please confirm attendance with the Secretariat: secretaria@raed.academy or by calling tel. 93 667 40 54

The Catalans in the origins of Europeanism and the Cold War

The dissertation by Dr Xuclà i Costa addresses the Catalan presence in the origins of the Europeanist movement, both in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and, above all, after the Second World War. Catalan participation in the Congress of The Hague in May 1948, chaired by Winston Churchill, continued with the founding of the European Movement and with the incorporation of Catalans into the Europeanist and anti-communist networks of the Cold War.

The Congress for Cultural Freedom, covertly funded by the United States through channels linked to the CIA, was a central instrument for promoting democratic, Europeanist and anti-communist cultural and political elites. Catalans who understood Europe as a way to combat both Francoism and communism can also be found within this network.

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