[Translation: The International Day of Democracy was celebrated yesterday. Youth play a vital role in promoting democracy. We, as politicians, must listen to young people, as they will be the ones who will benefit or will bear the brunt of the laws that we make today. We need to ensure that the views of the next generation are at the heart of the laws that we pass today. If young people feel that politicians listen to them and that policymakers value their views, they will participate all the more in the democratic process. Therefore, I commend the great work that the Youth Assembly does here. It gives young people the chance to get a better understanding of our institutions. Democracy suffers many slights and attacks these days, from misinformation and disinformation online, to the populism that is on the rise across the world. Misinformation poisons our political discourse, it puts communities at odds with each other and makes people doubt democratic institutions. The more young people who participate in democracy, the more voices there will be to refute that misinformation. We need to encourage the next generation to get involved in democracy. We do this through projects such as the Youth Assembly, by listening to young people and by showing them that we fit our actions to their words.]