A debate in society should be genuine, involving real people, President Nicusor Dan underlined on Thursday at an award ceremony for actor Victor Rebengiuc, held at the Romanian Athenaeum. Victor Rebengiuc received the European Romania 2025 Prize from the Initiative for European Democratic Culture Association. "We Romanians tend to turn living, dynamic things into stereotypes. Eminescu, our unparalleled poet, is hardly read anymore. And the same is happening with democracy, and with Europe.