Former Federal President Heinz Fischer signed the “Freedom Charter of Fresach” on 3 July 2017 in Vienna. In a conversation with the President of the European Tolerance Talks, Hannes Swoboda, Fischer underlined the importance of individual and common freedom for democracy and peace. Only those who are free from state paternalism, oppression and dependency can
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Federal president Hein Fischer, the Carinthian governor Peter Kaiser, the bishops Alois Schwarz and Michael Bünker, as well as for over 150 participants of the European Dialogue for Tolerance signed the “Fresacher declaration of tolerance 2015” already on the first day of their announcement. The declaration is available at the museum of tolerance of the
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“Only if we can call ourselves into question, we can better understand different opinions. Tolerance as an expression of respect is a principle of life and at the same time a strong commitment to humanism”, says federal president Heinz Fischer on Friday, at the opening of the first European Tolerance Dialogues in the Carinthian mountain
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