Gentlemen, both Iberian and from all over the World, I am glad to be here today to officially open the 1929 World Expo which is being hosted in Barcelona.
This is not only an event with economical views; it is also the showcase of many nations to show their culture to the rest of the world and a place for science to exhibit its latest advancements. It is also a celebration of the rise of Iberia, a new country formed merely five years ago which has known how to combine the best of its distinct cultures and ways to see the World. In these five years, our joint economy has nearly doubled, and we’re back among the most powerful nations of Europe and the World.
It is now that we’re back to the wagon of the World-leading nations that we remember the hardness of leadership, and it is now when we look back at these five years and we see how we dealt with the polemic and potentially disruptive union. Under the values of the Christian faith, under the sacred values of respect for each other’s life and rights and personal choices, of charity and solidarity, that we avoided stepping onto the toes of our people. We do now stand together, stronger in unity, either culturally, militarily and economically.
It is through this event which we are all attending that we want to project our country, Iberia, its cultural and economical particularities and its history towards the brave new World that is shaping both within and beyond our borders. Because Iberia isn’t as much as a nation-state as a federation of nations, which has been the key to maintaining social peace throughout the last decade. In sight of the spectacular results of this policy, I announce here and now that Rif and Río de Oro are officially federated nations of the Kingdom of Iberia. As such they will have a local government with decision power in cultural matters.
Together in unity, a unity based in the respect of difference and human rights, we hope to extend the growth of the peninsular economy to our overseas regions, and it is in this spirit that these year the government will reduce its spending on industry and infrastructure to focus in financial growth and social unity.
We hope that through these our actions we can become an example of the modern nation to the rest of the World, and because of that this is the largest World Expo yet, with nearly all nations in the World heaving their own pavilion as well as the invited country of Ethiopia, which in this last decade has modernised to European standard, and for this feat deserves that honour.
Thanks for your attention, and the 1929 Barcelona World Expo is now open.
