‘Bridges between islands’
In their opening remarks to participants, Global Forum co-presidents Bruno Kaufmann and Joe Mathews emphasized the focus of this year’s event: “local love and global commitment”, as Mathews put it.
Kaufmann spoke of cities’ roles as “islands of democracy”, acknowledging that “democracy can also be a great challenge and dangerous. We have to struggle to build islands for democracy and bridges between those islands”.
“Donostia/San Sebastian is one of those islands that is able to build bridges between people,” he added.
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