Culture can be a strong partner for democracy. The EU brings together a very large number of democratic countries. These two elements require further linking and common action. I address these issues in my latest publication for Creative FLIP “Cultural Spaces & Democracy”. Especially now, the EU can be a space of hope for those strata of the world's population who aspire to democratic frameworks. Of course, internal criticism is good. We can say that we are far from perfect. But we must always benchmark and compare ourselves with what is happening in other parts of the world. As democracy is a process, further action is needed. One of the core elements of democracy is civilised interaction and exchange. In that sense, we need physical, digital and hybrid spaces for interaction. And culture can play a crucial role in that because we can create a lot of different formats where we can meet, where we can debate, where we can see each other. And as Kofi Annan says being a good citizen and also a democratic nation is a process and it needs a permanent commitment.