Confidence in democracy in Germany seems to have been shaken. Internal and external enemies are trying to pull the rug out from under its feet. The stakes are high, because a free and self-determined life as we know it is only possible in a liberal democracy. Ruprecht Polenz, who sees himself as a "political influencer" in the service of diversity and freedom, has been opposing right-wing extremist tendencies for years and is a strong advocate for the preservation of democracy. With his decades of experience in local and federal politics - Polenz was, among other things, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Bundestag - he describes a number of very concrete ways to get politically involved and thus strengthen democracy.