The most fundamental of these values is democracy, understood to entail not merely periodic elections, but also active and meaningful participation in decision making, which requires an engaged civil society, strong freedom of information norms, and a vibrant and diversified media that are not controlled by the state or a few oligarchs.
这些价值观最为根本的是民主。所谓民主，不仅是要求定期选举，同时也是在决策中积极和富有意义地参与。这就要求公民社会的参与、强大的信息自由规则以及不受国家和几个寡头操控的富有活力和多元化的媒体。