[21/06/2010 11:00:00] Some 600 students of the schools of political studies of 16 European countries are participating in the fifth Summer University for Democracy, which began on 28 June in Strasbourg and which is devoted to ’’The crisis of leadership’’. The Summer University is the annual flagship event of the Council of Europe’s schools of political studies, which aim to train the next generation of political, economic, social and cultural leaders in transition countries. In his opening address, Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, declared: ’’We need political leaders who can offer a multicultural society more than talk of fear and sustaining of the status quo. We need leadership that can offer confidence in a liberal democratic society. A society which is rooted in the idea of human rights and sustained by a rational and critical debate.’’ (more ...)
Speech by Thorbjørn Jagland
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