President of the Government speaks to progressist leaders about defending social progress

Those attending the lunch reaffirmed their commitment to the reforms and the creation of jobs, and agreed that the financial crisis is global in nature and that the solutions must therefore also be reached globally. They defended a standpoint that claims the exit from the current situation must be linked to growth and job creation, and called on the G-20 leaders to defend recent progress in terms of public health, welfare and education, especially within the context of the current economic crisis.

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero held a meeting at Moncloa Palace beforehand with Victor Ponta, the President of the Rumanian Social Democratic Party, who is also attending the Global Progress Conference and attended the subsequent lunch.

• Luiz Ignazio Lula Da Silva, former President of Brazil

• Massimo D'Alema, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy

• Attila Mesterházy, President of the Hungarian Socialist Party

• Antonio José Seguro, General Secretary of the Portuguese Socialist Party

• Pier Luigi Bersani, General Secretary of the Italian Democratic Party

• Victor Ponta, President of the Rumanian Social Democratic Party

• Raymond Johansen, General Secretary of the Norwegian Labour Party

• Ousmane Tanor Dieng, General Secretary of the Socialist Party of the Republic of Senegal

• Lilianne Ploumen, President of the Dutch Labour Party

• José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Government of Spain

• Alfredo Pérez-Rubalcaba, candidate for President of the Government of Spain

• Felipe González, former President of the Government of Spain

• José Miguel Vidal Zapatero, Assistant Director of the Cabinet of the President of the Government of Spain

• Andrés Ortega, Director of the Analysis and Studies Department of the Cabinet of the President of the Government of Spain

• Elena Valenciano, PSOE Secretary for International Policy

• Jesús Caldera, Vice-President of the IDEAS Foundation

• Carlos Mulas-Granados, Director of the IDEAS Foundation