The meeting of the Constitutional Courts of Spain, Italy and Portugal was held in Rome on 8, 9 and 10 October 2010. The Spanish delegation was composed of the President, María Emilia Casas Baamonde, as well as the magistrates, Elisa Pérez Vera, Eugenio Gay Montalvo and Manuel Aragón Reyes.
The theme of the meeting, "Legitimate family, natural children, adoption and common-law relationships", resulted in an intense and fruitful exchange of experiences and opinions between the three delegations, and based on the presentations made by the participants at the event.
The speech of the Spanish delegation, the text of which is annexed hereto, was presented by Magistrate Elisa Pérez Vera. The next trilateral meeting - Spain, Italy and Portugal - will be organized by Spain in 2011.