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This project is a purely civic initiative, with no direct political mandate and no funding from public budgets. Our ambition is to present the results of our work as recommendations for policymakers at both the EU and member-state levels in 2027. 📑
#Democracy #Europe #FutureOfDemocracy
3/4
💁🏼♀️ I firmly believe that an EU striving to be more competitive and more secure can succeed only if it maintains a stable, functional, and trustworthy democratic system.
2/4
🔎 We will look at the reasons behind the weakening of liberal democracy and public trust, and explore ways to innovate our democratic systems — including developing a European model of “tech-democracy.” 💻🏛️
I’ve been entrusted with leading a new project to support #democracy in the EU. ✨
⚖️🤝 Together with a broad group of experts, politicians, leaders from business, science, the arts, civil society, & supported by a coalition of democracy organisations, we will map the current state of democracy in 🇪🇺.
I welcome the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social’s ruling on restrictions affecting media operations and freedom of speech in #Hungary. 👨⚖️🇭🇺
This binding decision sends a clear warning to all EU member states. 🇪🇺‼️
📍 Berlin, The World Forum
Meeting @hillaryclinton.bsky.social for the 2nd time & again, we understand each other. Our talk on the state of society in the 🤖 age was profound & alarming, reflecting challenges our democracies face today. Digital transformation must serve people, not weaken our values.
Greetings from Vienna 🇦🇹
Yesterday, I spoke at @bmimi.gv.at.
Can democracy survive its collision with #technology? 🤖
Yes — but only if we’re willing to do the work.
It’s complex. It’s challenging.
But it’s possible and necessary.
What are your thoughts? ⁉️ 💬
📷: BMIMI / LLH
Democracies worldwide face populism, attacks on truth, and tech-driven division. What to do?
👉 Join @verajourova.bsky.social, Amb. Jiří Šitler, Misha Glenny & Anna Durnova (@ifswien.bsky.social) at the CZ Embassy on 19 February for an evening charting paths forward: www.iwm.at/event/democr...
This February, 8 visiting fellows join the IWM to explore questions around AI, history, identity, justice, and politics. Welcome, @manuelaboatca.bsky.social, Georgi Georgiev, Nigel Inkster, @verajourova.bsky.social, Sašo Ordanoski, Emilia Sieczka, Michael Stewart & Hanna Yankuta!
👉 buff.ly/lubrs30
A year at Charles University was a great experience.🎓 I tried to be useful & contribute where I could. I am grateful for the opportunity.🙏🏼Things come to an end & new ones begin. My next mission brings me to Vienna.🇦🇹 I am honored to take part in the inauguration of the Karel Schwarzenberg Fellowship.
🎞️ Její filmy oslovují diváky napříč Evropou i světem a připomínají, že svoboda, důstojnost a odpovědnost nejsou samozřejmostí.
Umění má sílu bránit svobodu – a právě v dnešní době je tvorba Agnieszky Holland toho výjimečným důkazem. 👏🏼
Jménem @unikarlova.cuni.cz a @prahaeu.tired.io jsme předali Cenu Karla IV. 🏅 laureátce roku 2025, režisérce Agnieszce Holland.
🎬 Její tvůrčí vize inspiruje k reflexi, podněcuje společenský dialog a pomáhá lépe porozumět naší historii, současnosti i nám samotným.
📌 Read my full commentary in @politico.eu here: www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
🇦🇺📵 V Austrálii platí zákaz pro mladé pod 16 let mít účet na velkých platformách.
Platformy dostanou pokutu, pokud si neověří věk a pustí je dovnitř. Je to tvrdé opatření, v Evropě 🇪🇺 jsme k tomu odvahu nenašli.
Byli byste ✅ pro, nebo 🚫 proti?
Svoboda slova, nezávislá média, ústava, svobodné volby, soudržnost, EU a NATO…
Po tom všem jsme v roce 1989 toužili. Dnes to všechno máme, pojďme si to chránit. ✌🏼🇨🇿
Paní rektorka Králíčková udělala pro Univerzitu Karlovu obrovský kus práce a vážím si jí a je pro mě ctí s ní dotáhnout mandát.
Blahopřeji panu prof. Zimovi ke zvolení na nového rektora @unikarlova.cuni.cz! 🗳️
Collaboration & openness in research 🔬 must also be safe & responsible. These ideas are not in conflict. Caution is not paranoia.
The conference in 🇧🇪 was a great source of inspiration & an opportunity to present @charlesuni.cuni.cz as a place where research security is taken seriously by experts. 🔐
🇨🇿 🎉 Měla jsem tu čest být na oslavě Dne vzniku samostatného československého státu v Pražském domě v Bruselu.
Bylo krásné znovu slavit s bruselskými Čechy, i když už k nim tak úplně nepatřím.
Bylo mi ctí převzít Cenu města Třebíče 🎖️💐 za mé zásluhy. Velká radost pro mě, moji dceru i syna. Jsme všichni hrdí Třebíčáci.
📷 Třebíčský deník/Milan Krčmář
🎓🫵 Milé absolventky a milí absolventi @unikarlova.cuni.cz, kdekoliv vás potkávám, mám z vás upřímnou radost – děláte skvělé věci.
Je vás ale mnohem víc, než o kolika víme, a rádi bychom s vámi zůstali v kontaktu. 🧩
Připojte se k nám na Týden pro alumni 🤍 – čekají vás debaty, workshopy i pub quiz!
🎓 Prof. Timothy Garton Ash z @ox.ac.uk převzal na náš návrh čestný doktorát @unikarlova.cuni.cz za mimořádný přínos k porozumění dějinám střední a východní Evropy. 🏛📚 Na FF UK zároveň debatoval o roce 1989, proměnách regionu a současných výzvách. ✨ cuni.cz/UK-6311.html...
The rule of law remains our strongest safeguard: it prevents the concentration of power, ensures equality before the law, and protects the freedoms upon which our societies rest.
Once again, thank you! 🙏
#DoctorHonorisCausa #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Gratitude
6/6 🧵
💬 We must remember the words of Marian Turski, an Auschwitz survivor: “Let us not be indifferent.”
Indifference is the greatest threat to the values that bind us together.
5/6 🧵
In recent years, we have come to understand with greater clarity that the principles of the rule of law, democracy, and human rights — once thought to be permanent — can, in fact, come under pressure, from within and from outside our European community.
4/6 🧵
This distinction, granted in recognition of my work to uphold and protect the rule of law ⚖️ within the European Union and its Member States, 🇪🇺 fills me with both gratitude and a renewed commitment to uphold the values that unite us — truth, freedom, and the rule of law.
3/6 🧵
🏫 This university — born from the ruins of war, built on openness, equality, and dialogue — has long stood for the democratic mission of education, bringing together people of diverse origins and beliefs in the pursuit of truth.
2/6 🧵
In humility and with profound respect for the University of Łódź, I am deeply honoured to have been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. 🎓✨
1/6 🧵
@fromtga.bsky.social
