What’s the Celtic Forum and why are leaders assembly in Brittany?

Leaders of Celtic nations and areas are assembly in Brittany right now for the inaugural Celtic Forum.

The seven Celtic nations and areas – Scotland, Ireland, Galicia, Cornwall, Wales, Asturias and Brittany – will probably be represented on the assembly.

Organisers hope to “lessen the consequences” of Brexit.

Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford and deputy first minister of Scotland, Shona Robinson, will probably be in attendance.

Leader of Cornwall Council, Linda Taylor, will even attend, and the Republic of Ireland’s ambassador to France, Niall Burgess.

Student mobility will probably be high of the agenda, with an goal to create a “Celtic Erasmus”.

Maritime transport, fishing and offshore wind energy will even be mentioned.

The convention will even focus on the nations and areas’ languages together with Asturian, Breton, Cornish, Galician, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh.

Loïg Chesnais-Girard, president of the Brittany area, will even welcome Asturias’s common director of transitions, Maria Belarmina Díaz Aguado, and Galicia’s director common of exterior relations, Jesùs Gamallo Aller.

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Mark Drakeford stated the Celtic Forum was a chance to “plant the seeds for future collaborations”.

“The Celtic Forum is an excellent opportunity to come together as Celtic nations and regions, to build on our cultural and historical links and seek out areas for future collaboration, such as marine energy,” he stated.

Scotland and Brittany will signal a memorandum of understanding on offshore wind.

“The people of Scotland resoundingly rejected Brexit, yet it has caused significant adverse impacts to our economy and trade relations,” Shona Robinson stated.

“In spite of this, the Scottish Government remains firmly committed to developing partnerships with our European neighbours.”