Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I regret not being there with all of you, but I'm grateful for the opportunity to ask our witnesses questions.
We often talk about foreign policy being shaped by promoting our values and defending our interests. There's another factor that is understood but rarely spoken about publicly, which is politics. In a democracy, there is a role for citizens and civil society to participate in shaping our policies, but it's not [Technical difficulty—Editor]
I guess my question is, if we are to offer, as a committee, recommendations to government on how to promote the participation of civil society and of citizens in shaping policy, yet protect against the cynical perspective that policies can be bought and sold, what would you offer to us that we could study or recommend as a committee to the government?
Maybe I will start with Professor Imseis.