HRH Rym Ali, ALF President meets with Roberta Metsola, European Parliament President 

Brussels, Belgium, 13 February 2026  

On 13 February 2026, HRH met President Roberta Metsola to discuss strengthened ALF-European Parliament cooperation, including progress towards establishing a Youth Parliamentary Assembly for the Mediterranean, an action set out in the Pact for the Mediterranean. 

HRH highlighted the strong relationship beatween the ALF and the European Parliament, supported through its Secretariat-General, which has enabled sustained exchanges on intercultural dialogue. These have also included engagement with Members of the European Parliament in DMED on the active participation of young Euro-Mediterranean leaders in the debates of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean. 

Princess Rym Ali also highlighted that, in line with the ALF’s mission the people-to-people and culture dimensions of the Pact for the Mediterranean will be central to AgorALF 2026. Taking place on 27-28 April 2026 in Limassol, it will convene 400 actors in intercultural dialogue from both shores of the Mediterranean. HRH extended an invitation to President Metsola to attend.