Is liberal democracy under existential threat in the age of post-truth politics? In recent years, what feels true has too often outweighed what is true. Emotions and personal beliefs have been replacing facts, eroding trust in liberal democracy and its institutions.
The Horizon-Europe funded “RECLAIM – Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in the Postfactual Age” project has been at the forefront of understanding how post-truth politics is affecting democracy in Europe and how to confront this challenge. As this crucial project culminates, TEPSA organised the project’s final conference: “Frontiers of truth: Reclaiming liberal democracy in a postfactual world”. A forum to exchange narratives and provide recommendations to counter the impact of post-truth politics and safeguard the future of liberal democracy in Europe.
The event brought together experts, policy-makers, and journalists to discuss these issues through a variety of panel discussions on 27 June 2025 at the VBO-FEB (Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels), and featured quickfire questions, live crisis-management scenarios, reverse panels, and a live recording of RECLAIM’s podcast “Post-truth be told”!
Re-live the RECLAIM Final Conference
“Frontiers of truth: Reclaiming liberal democracy in a post-factual world” was streamed live on TEPSA’s YouTube channel. Check out the session recordings below and be sure to head over and subscribe so you don’t miss out on future conferences!
The conference opened with a keynote speech by RECLAIM’s Principal Investigator Prof. Maximilian Conrad.
This video is a recording of the panel discussion between: Hans-Jorg Trenz (Professor, Scuola Normale Superiore), Renate Schroeder (Director, European Federation of Journalists), Alberto Rabbachin (Deputy Head of Unit, DG CNECT, European Commission), Marta Barandiy (Founding President, Promote Ukraine), under the moderation of Meabh McMahon (TV Journalist & Presenter).
This video is a recording of the panel discussion between: Sara Ahnborg (Member of the Spokesperson’s unit, European Parliament), Ben Graham Jones (Consultant in Emerging Threats to Democratic Integrity), Fulvia Menin (Policy Officer, European External Action Service), Jonáš Syrovátka (Researcher), and moderated by Boyd Wagner (Political Strategist & Elections Analyst, Euronews Contributor.
This video is a recording of the panel discussion between: Luis Bouza García (Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Claire Pershan (EU Advocacy Lead, Mozilla Foundation), Anja Wyrobek (Legal Policy Advisor to Birgit Sippel MEP), and moderated by Shada Islam (Founder & Managing Director, New Horizons Project).
