Democracy as a Business Imperative: Defending Europe’s Democratic Foundations
Democracy is under pressure across Europe. Trust in institutions keeps falling, disinformation spreads at industrial scale, and the space for independent media and civil society is narrowing. Artificial intelligence adds to this: it shapes what citizens know, how they choose, and the work they live off.
Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France / 17-19 June 2026
A democracy Hackathon at the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg under the New Democratic Pact for Europe,and under the auspices of the Monaco Presidency of the Committee of Ministers, bringing together innovators, activists, and policy-makers to co-design tools that fight hate speech. Organised jointly with the No Hate Speech Week of the Council of Europe.
