{"id":2816,"date":"2025-11-27T15:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/?post_type=partner&#038;p=2816"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:59:10","slug":"stiftung-mercator","status":"publish","type":"partner","link":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/en\/partner\/stiftung-mercator\/","title":{"rendered":"Stiftung Mercator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Democracy cannot be imposed. It is a voluntary, daily, and ongoing task for all of us. The Federal President&#8217;s Ehrentag recognizes how much it thrives on the commitment of many to society.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-mini wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Lars Grotewold, Chairman of the Executive Board, Stiftung Mercator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why Stiftung Mercator foundation supports the Ehrentag<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our society is changing rapidly. Debates are becoming more uncompromising, positions are hardening, and trust is under pressure. In this situation, democracy is not only decided in political arenas, but also where people meet, listen to each other, and deal with diversity. The Ehrentag focuses precisely on this practice of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why this is important<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commitment to society creates spaces where democracy becomes tangible. In initiatives, associations, neighborhoods, and civil society organizations, experiences of effectiveness, respect, and joint creation arise. These experiences strengthen democratic culture and social cohesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a foundation, we work long-term to create the conditions for an open, democratic society and have made strengthening democracy the motto of our work. The Ehrentag sends an important signal by valuing engagement in all its diversity. Not as an exception, but as a natural part of our social coexistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-mini wp-block-paragraph\">Translated with DeepL.com (free version)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stiftung Mercator foundation supports the Federal President&#8217;s Ehrentag volunteers\u2019 day because democracy today needs to be redefined, re-experienced and re-established. Not in abstract terms, but in everyday life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2815,"template":"","suchbegriff":[],"class_list":["post-2816","partner","type-partner","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner\/2816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/partner"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner\/2816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2818,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner\/2816\/revisions\/2818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"suchbegriff","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ehrentag.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/suchbegriff?post=2816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}