Defend Democracy’s events

Monthly: #DemocracyDrinks in Brussels (sign up here; for other cities go here)

Upcoming events

29 April 2025: C4DR cross-party lunch on democracy, security and tech (invitation only)

22 May 2025: #DemocracyDrinks about ‘People Power: what we can learn about standing up for our freedoms and democracy from protesters in Georgia, Serbia and Ukraine’

13 June 2025: conference Defending Democracy in the New Geopolitical Landscape: How to accelerate EU’s Preparedness against Hybrid Threats? (invitation only)

September 2025: Transatlantic Democracy Dialogue (invitation only)

November 2025: conference Coalition for Democratic Resilience (invitation only)

Past events

23 April 2025: #DemocracyDrinks with former US Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner

16 April 2025: HandsØFF Our Democracy

19 March 2025: #DemocracyDrinks with Filip Grzegorzewski, Head of Information Integrity and Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, EEAS

20 February 2025: #DemocracyDrinks about Ukraine’s fight for freedom and democracy

16 January 2025: Visit to expo ‘Artivism for democracy’ followed by #DemocracyDrinks

10 December 2024: #DemocracyDrinks with Tom Theuns, author of Protecting Democracy in Europe

4 December 2024: conference Preparing and Shielding European Democracy. How to increase the EU’s Preparedness against Hybrid Threats? (invitation only)

25 November 2024: roundtable Transatlantic Democracy Dialogue (invitation only)

19 November 2024: #DemocracyDrinks with EU Commission VP Vera Jourova

25 June 2024: roundtable Transatlantic Democracy Dialogue (invitation only)

29 May 2024: conference Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power. Countering Hybrid and Technological Threats to Democracy (invitation only)

31 January 2024: roundtable Transatlantic Democracy Dialogue (invitation only)