On Thursday, 28 August, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset announced that he would be participating in the Bled Strategic Forum, which will be held on 1 and 2 September in Slovenia.
There he will meet with President of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon, and President of the National Assembly Urška Klakočar Zupančič.
In the context of the forum, he will take part in an interview on 2 September, the main themes of which will be democracy under pressure and ways to combat democratic backsliding, disinformation, and polarisation in Europe.
He will also broach the subject of democratic security and that of a renewed European order in the current geopolitical context.
Alain Berset will also elaborate on issues central to the Council of Europe’s work: the future of multilateralism and “the vital role of values-based cooperation in the current situation of shifting power dynamics.” (Original version in French by Véronique Leblanc)