#democracydrinks — Public Fediverse posts

#DefendDemocracy is member of the 'Democratic Tech Alliance'.

Yesterday we gathered at the European Parliament for a timely exchange about tech sovereignty.

We wrapped up the day with our monthly #DemocracyDrinks.

Thanks @bert_hubert for the great write-up!

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/democratic-tech-alliance-may-2026/

How to stop #deepfake scams? Thrilled to host Dr. Anya Schiffrin to discuss #tech 's impact on democracy, media and the growing problem of #AI- enabled financial #fraud.

Honoured to welcome Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz and three Ambassadors among the audience!

https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/democracy-drinks/ #DefendDemocracy #DemocracyDrinks #DemocracyDefenders

While EU leaders meet, #DefendDemocracy held its own #EUsummit:

EPC Chief Executive @FabianZuleeg joined our monthly #DemocracyDrinks to discuss how Europe can defend its liberal #democracy by taking decisive action asap.

#EUCO #EUpol

https://www.epc.eu/publication/Europe-can-defend-its-liberal-democracy-if-it-reclaims-common-ground-64ff78/

Honoured to welcome EU Commission VP @VeraJourova at our monthly #DemocracyDrinks.

Coming from Czechia, a former communist state,

“I was grateful to President VonDerLeyen for giving me the [European values] portfolio, because I knew exactly what I *didn’t* want to happen in our EU countries.”

#DefendDemocracy #EUpol

On Tuesday 19 November, meet EU Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova at our monthly #DemocracyDrinks in Brussels.

At the end of her mandate, this is your chance to ask her a final question about #democracy and to say goodbye in person.

RSVP: https://crm.defenddemocracy.eu/civicrm/mailing/view/?id=64&reset=1 #EUpol

Inspiring #DemocracyDrinks with our new Advisory Board member, former MEP Sophie in 't Veld.

She urges European Parliament to do its job as democratic watchdog: "Less bark, more bite!"

https://defenddemocracy.eu/about/advisory-board/ #DefendDemocracy #EUpol

Happy to celebrate International Democracy Day with democracy defenders from Brussels & beyond!

With great food for thought from prof. Michael Bruter.

Thanks BELvue museum for hosting this #IDDBrussels edition of our monthly #DemocracyDrinks !

https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/democracy-drinks/

Energised by a special edition of our monthly #DemocracyDrinks!

With @IvDragicevic, Croatia's N1 Television executive producer international news & Europa Award winner for TV journalism.

Join or help start a #DemocracyDrinks near you:

https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/democracy-drinks/

Honoured to welcome #Belgium's former Ambassador to Ukraine @JZikmundova55 & Deputy Head of @UA_EUMission Serhiy Tereshko at last week's #DemocracyDrinks to exchange about #Ukraine's fight for freedom & #democracy. For theirs, and for ours.

#DefendDemocracy

https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/democracy-drinks/

This week we invited our Brussels' #DemocracyDrinks community to @Europarl_EN for a guided tour of the exposition '#Art in #Democracy'. We all loved it!

Until 7 January 2024, view the fight for democratic values through the eyes of contemporary European artists:

https://art-collection.europarl.europa.eu/en/exhibitions/art-in-democracy/

Last week we relaunched the #Vilnius chapter of our #DemocracyDrinks!

Thanks for inspiring contributions, Sandra Adomavičiūtė (Open Lithuania), Ambassador Germanavičienė & Nathan Law!

Sign up here for new #democracy networking meet-ups in #Lithuania: https://democracydrinks.org/vilnius/

Happy International #DemocracyDay!

We celebrate #democracy, security & resilience in #Finland.

And the anniversary of the Helsinki chapter of our #DemocracyDrinks!

Or, in Finnish: #Demokratiadrinkit.

https://democracydrinks.org

“Never take democracy for granted," urges Hong Kong activist Nathan Law, “You can lose it within a year.”

Honoured & humbled to kick off International #DemocracyDay with a moving & inspiring exchange with #NathanLaw at our #DemocracyDrinks.

Our first #DemocracyDrinks in #Taiwan! 🇹🇼

Now is the time to #DefendDemocracy.

Stay tuned for a page to sign up with local organisers.

https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/democracy-drinks/

It was an honour to organise this powerful exchange between Evgenia #KaraMurza & Natalia Arno of the #FreeRussia Foundation and our community of #democracy defenders.

Thanks #NLatEU for co-hosting our #DemocracyDrinks & Ambassador Pieter Jan Kleiweg de Zwaan for your welcome.

https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/democracy-drinks/

At our latest #DemocracyDrinks, Brussels’ democracy defenders had a great exchange with our special guest from the @EUombudsman.

Thanks for joining us, @Carl_Dolan. Kudos to the European Ombudsman for her important work for #democracy.

#DefendDemocracy

Surprising text about NL in https://eupolicy.social/@DefendDemocracy/110106748721815086:

"The US, together with Netherlands & civil society, works to increase resilience of democracies."

Ahead of our #DemocracyDrinks with Her Excellency & others, US AMB Razdan Duggal reflects on why we defend democracy together.

#SummitForDemocracy #S4D2

https://twitter.com/DefendDemocracy/status/1641065326908407812

"The US, together with Netherlands & civil society, works to increase resilience of democracies."

Ahead of our #DemocracyDrinks with Her Excellency & others, US AMB Razdan Duggal reflects on why we defend democracy together.

#SummitForDemocracy #S4D2

https://twitter.com/DefendDemocracy/status/1641065326908407812

@DefendDemocracy @jameskanter
Defend Democracy events like #DemocracyDrinks are great ways to tap into a community of people who understand the pressure the EU faces from authoritarian actors. Thanks @AliceStollmeyer for developing the concept and making it a reality.

At one of our #DemocracyDrinks, we were happy to introduce US professor #DavidRowe to EU editor @jameskanter

The result is this fascinating @euscream #podcast on rethinking the role of war and peace in liberal #democracy.

#DefendDemocracy #WeAreNATO #NAFOfellas

https://euscream.com/mars-returns/

This year's #SummitForDemocracy will be co-hosted by the #Netherlands.

Honoured that our #DemocracyDrinks will bring together diplomats, politicians & civil society to live-watch & discuss the Summit.

In collaboration with @DutchMFA & @USEmbTheHague.

#DefendDemocracy

https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-foreign-affairs/activiteiten/summit-for-democracy

Happy to see our #DemocracyDrinks now in 13 cities & 2 more soon!

All the best to the new Democracy Drinks hub in #Zürich🇨🇭 for tonight's launch!

#DefendDemocracy #networking #Switserland

https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/democracy-drinks/

We were lucky to have Nina Jankowicz as a special guest for a lively exchange on #resilience to gendered #disinformation!

We had the honour of welcoming her & others of the '#BeyondDisinformation' conference to #DemocracyDrinks, our monthly #networking event for #democracy defenders.

https://defenddemocracy.eu/projects/democracy-drinks/

Kicking off 2023 with a great exchange!

With EU Parliamentarian @kimvsparrentak on the role of #BigTech in the US & #Brazil insurrections, on EU's #DigitalServicesAct & on EU's upcoming #DefenceOfDemocracy package.

See you in one of our 12 #DemocracyDrinks cities!

☕️ https://democracydrinks.org/

What better way to celebrate @DefendDemocracy’s 5th anniversary than by launching our Vilnius #DemocracyDrinks hub?

“Defending democracy is in our DNA,” says @LithuaniaMFA🐦

“Having a community is key to defending democracy,” says @FranakViacorka🐦

United for democracy!