During a panel discussion ‘Is the Union prepared to shield European democracy?’, FRA highlighted the importance of a rights-based approach to tackling threats to democracy.

Speaking alongside European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi, Czech MEP Danuše Nerudová and Senior Fellow Dalibor Roháč of the American Enterprise Institute, FRA underlined key findings from its Fundamental Rights Survey, and stressed the need to rebuild trust in our societies through participation and accountability, to protect civil society space and to uphold information integrity in the digital age.

Beyond this panel, the Agency also contributed to several other discussions, bringing in FRA’s rights-based approach and evidence on digitalisation, civic space, inclusion, and public trust as drivers of democratic resilience.