Overview

• King Felipe VI urged U.S. universities to remain bastions of academic freedom in light of President Trump’s decision to end a federal contract with Harvard.
• He framed the upcoming 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence as an opportunity to honor Spain’s support during the American Revolutionary War.
• The monarch highlighted the “inmensa contribución” of the Hispanic community and underscored the growing vitality of the Spanish language in the United States.
• Felipe VI asserted that mutual interdependence and sovereign independence between Spain and the U.S. rest on shared democratic values.
• The 28th edition of the Spain–US Forum brought together six Democratic and one Republican U.S. congress members alongside senior Spanish ministers and diplomats.