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Mayor Oreja has given this afternoon at the UCAM the inaugural conference of the Second Conference on International Terrorism

The Temple of the Monastery of Jeronimos has welcomed this afternoon's opening of the Second Conference "International terrorism and security in southern Europe 'organized by the Catholic University of Murcia.

Jaime Mayor Oreja, former Interior Minister, MEP and Doctor Honoris Causa by the UCAM, gave the inaugural conference 'International security'.

Prior to this, he stressed that to international terrorism "the strength of the opponent is certainly an important factor, but how serious is the weakness of our civilization and our society";

and noted the crisis of values ​​and civilization to the West faces as the basis of this threat, "and so it is everywhere," he added.

In addition, he said that "this is not a battle of acronyms of parties, it is a cultural challenge in the root. The cohesion must be an essential element."

In the opening ceremony also they intervened José Luis Mendoza, president of the University;

Maria Dolores Pagan, Minister of Presidency, and Alberto Gallego, Air Force Colonel (Res.) And lecturer at the institution.

Mendoza has also stressed in his speech the need to recover the Christian roots of Europe.

"This moral relativism that pervades Europe leads to social destruction, moral, and I think with an uncertain future. So it is very important to the work of the universities and the teaching of values ​​that we in the UCAM is essential for Meanwhile, the Minister of Presidency has stated that terrorism requires a unanimous response, "only the unity of a nation can deal with this."

Intervention

On the intervention of Western countries to new threats of jihadist terrorism, Jaime Mayor Oreja said that this is an issue that is up to governments, "but when as the result or effect of the crisis of civilization that we live in has Indeed organization, it is clear that we must face it, without neglecting the real memorial that our society needs. "

Similarly, referring to refugees, the former minister stressed that "we can not replace our absence in places of conflict, a political Aliens" and noted "but if we disappear from difficult places, if our values ​​and our culture are not there, it is clear that no one can think that this is resolved by a political refugee, is a supplement. "

Source: UCAM