Lucía Casanueva, partner and director of PROA, moderated this Defence Observatory, with the aim of analysing a world in constant change and where we face significant challenges that threaten our security. And where communication plays a very important role, as César Ramos made clear during his speech: "When it comes to communicating about the defence industry, we have to achieve two things: to enhance its value, as a key sector for the economy and for Spain. And, more importantly, to maintain this favourable public opinion. And the second is to communicate positively, as little or nothing was communicated proactively before the war in Ukraine about the defence industry. And to live in peace you have to invest in defence.
In the words of César Ramos, "the biggest challenge facing our defence industry is not financial, nor budgetary, nor technological, nor business; the biggest challenge is to maintain the state.
He added: "All countries have reacted by giving a higher priority to a policy such as defence, because they have begun to understand that without security there is no freedom and without freedom there is no progress. Defence is a European public good.
César Ramos brought up a quote from the recently deceased Princess of Asturias laureate, Nuccio Ordine, who reflected thus: "In the universe of utilitarianism, a hammer is worth more than a symphony, a knife, more than poetry, a spanner, more than a painting, because it is easy to take over the effectiveness of a tool, while it is increasingly difficult to understand what music, literature or art can be used for". "Something similar happens to us - in the words of César Ramos - we are aware of the price of a battle tank, a frigate or a military plane, but we find it difficult to understand the price of our security and our way of life".
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