29th Parliamentary-Intelligence Security Forum – Special Remarks

Francisco Javier Márquez delivered special remarks expressing gratitude to the international delegates who traveled to Madrid, emphasizing that their participation is the forum’s greatest strength. He thanked the President of the Spanish Senate, the technical teams, the President of the Philippine House of Representatives, and Robert Pittenger for his leadership and commitment to bringing the Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum to Spain, underscoring that global risks require sustained international collaboration. Senator. Márquez highlighted that the world is living through a historic geopolitical moment shaped by rapid technological transformation. He stressed that the forum’s role is not only to exchange ideas but to anticipate solutions and develop concrete responses to shared global challenges. Diversity of cultures and democratic values, he noted, strengthens cooperation through shared commitments to freedom, security, and justice.

He outlined pressing transnational threats, including terrorism supported by both organizations and states, human trafficking, supply chain vulnerabilities, modern slavery, unfair competition, strategic minerals, geopolitics, cybercrime, and disinformation. He also addressed emerging technological risks such as artificial intelligence and quantum technologies, emphasizing that lawmakers must understand and responsibly regulate innovation without stifling progress. He called for coordinated legislation, adequate security funding, and collective responsibility among nations.

Concluding, Márquez urged participants to engage in direct, honest, and constructive dialogue, emphasizing that innovative, united, and well-informed legislative action is essential to safeguarding democracy, security, and global stability.