German president praises work of Czech-German Fund for the Future

The Czech-German Fund for the Future is the most important actor in connecting Czech and German civil society, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Saturday on the occasion of hosting the annual Citizen’s Festival at his residence in Berlin.

The Czech-German Fund, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, was a special guest at this year’s Bürgerfest, celebrating civil society and voluntary work, while Czechia, along with the German state of Thuringia, has been chosen as one of the partner countries.

According to the German head of state, the Czech-German Declaration of 1997 was the key to friendship and good neighbourliness between the two nations, and the Czech-German Future Fund is the child of the Declaration.