Calviño, awarded by UPF-BSM: "The administrations are there when we are needed"

BarcelonaA reaffirmation of the public sector's role. That's what the president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Nadia Calviño, did today upon receiving the award. Public figure of the year '24 From Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) - Barcelona School of Management (BSM). After receiving the award from the mayor of Barcelona, ​​Jaume Collboni, the former vice president of the Spanish government for more than five years also highlighted the importance of European unity in the current geopolitical context. "While some build walls, in Europe we build bridges," she declared.

In her opinion, new leadership is needed, given that "change is the new normal and adapting is essential." She recalled episodes such as the crisis caused by the pandemic, for which "there was no roadmap," but both the Spanish government and the rest of the world and European institutions "prevented the global economy from collapsing."

Before receiving the award, the Minister of Economy, Alícia Romero, who read the list of merits, cited Calviño as an example of "female leadership and good politics." Collboni, for his part, thanked Calviño for the help he received at different times during his political career. He added that the EIB is "one of the first European institutions to understand" that a response must be given to the housing problems facing major European cities.