In this interview, Marcelino Oreja, President of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences since 2009, discusses the European Union’s foreign policy and outlines Spain’s role as mediator between Latin America and the European Union. He mentions the positive results of the ‘Pacto Andino’, the agreements with the States of Central America and the free trade agreement, and examines the need to develop Mercosur through the creation of a sort of ‘committee’ which could operate as an independent institution.