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Dare to dream! Imagine a better, united and equal Europe.

by Enna Zone Đonlić

My vision of Europe in 2050 presented through the European Newspapers and European TV Calendar.


Europe 2050 by Enna Zone Đonlić

We are about to say goodbye to 2050, so we wanted to list all the wonderful things this year brought us.


Politics

All European countries are part of the EU, even the UK came back. Balkan countries are in peace and good relations with each other for over five years.

European leaders welcomed a second Bosnia and Herzegovina president since the change of constitution.
Relations between EU and Russia are going better, as we are approaching the new Europe Summit in Sarajevo where decision-makers will discuss the latest issues with young representatives.


Youth

European Youth council finalized their project of open access to all public Universities in the European Union. All students no matter from which region, country or ethnic group in Europe can now enrol any public University in EU free of charge. Next step is widening of the Erasmus exchange and putting it on the more global level.


Employment

Youth are rocking this!

More and more hubs for young entrepreneurs open every year. This year, more than 1000. All of this led to the lower youth unemployment rate of the 3% in the whole of Europe.


Environment

2050 was groundbreaking again. Recycling became a part of the European everyday life as well as clear air with the lowest pollution rate since 2018.


Solidarity & Equality

Remember the migrant crisis of 2014-2018? It ́s been ages ago.
Now, all of those people are part of our societies with equal opportunities. They see Europe as their home. Home of their children, the new generation of Europeans.


European Caravan

A travelling caravan that each year visits different cities and towns across Europe with the aim of promoting European values and youth exchange.


Our Future

Being too optimistic is not a bad thing. This means that we still dream, dream big. Seeing things that people hold to be impossible and working on them together will make them our reality. All written in this newspapers is achievable only if we work together for the better tomorrow. If we start working on this today, this could be our reality in 2050. It might be even better. We have the right to imagine better, united and equal Europe. Home of all.

Climate Change in Europe

by Shayan Attar

Hello everyone! My name is Shayan ATTAR. I’m a student and I’m living in Luxembourg. In this video, I’m going to describe my imagination of Europe in 2050.

What do we know about climate change? Are we taking it seriously for our future?

In fact, climate change is already happening. Temperatures are rising, drought and wildfires are starting to occur more frequently, glaciers and snow are melting, and the global sea level is rising.

Experts say: “Global temperature rise should not exceed 2 degrees!” But, in the last 100 years, there has been recorded an increase of 1 degree in Europe.

Climate change affects both the people and the environment in Europe! It is estimated that from now, living people alive are 70% in the year 2050.

Now, let’s begin! I want to imagine Europe like this:

In 2050, We have made emission reduction. Emission reduction means development and implementation of new energy technology solutions.

We have replaced renewable energies with fossil fuels.

In 2050, we have made national legislation, international agreements, and EU directives to have a safer, cleaner and healthier environment.

In 2050, we have used the climate sub programme which provided €800 million in co-financing for climate projects.

I want to imagine in 2050, with our decisions of today, we have a clean, safe and healthy environment for our children to live.

Don’t forget to mitigate climate change, we must reduce these emissions.
How do you imagine Europe in 2050? Share your ideas at www.ImagineEurope.eu Thank you for your attention!

Best Regards
Shayan ATTAR, December 2018

Europe – a role model for the world in 2050

by Helmar Böhnlein

Hi, mi name is Helmar. I’m from Germany, but I live in Vienna and I’d like to share my vision about Europe in 2050. 31 years into the future – in 2050 – how will the world look like? We don’t know – nobody knows. 31 years ago – this was one year before the fall of the iron curtain – nobody could possibly foresee this was going to happen. 

I think it’s possible that we have such a big shift for the perspective of Europe in the near future. Many people don’t think about this – they think their reality will stay the same all the time. But the digital transformation of our societies – that already changed our societies a lot – in positive senses, but also bringing up new problems – will really challenge us in the near future.  

Another fact: 4 billion people are currently living in Asia and only 3 billion in the rest of the world – but we still see the world in a very Eurocentric way. We don’t acknowledge that most innovations will not come from Europe in the future and are not coming – already – from Europe. We missed many important developments during the last decades. But anyway my wish is that we in Europe are the trail-blazers for three developments in the near future and until 2050:

  1. Climate crisis: We need to show good examples of how to work on the problems related to the climate crisis.
  2. We need to show that liberal democracy is not dying continuously. We need to develop the European Union. We need to make it more democratic and we need to show that e-voting systems etc. can be accepted – can give back the power to the people. 
  3. We need to show to the world that alternative economic systems that go away from the growth-oriented style we see in our economies today are possible. We need to develop social businesses. We need to give the right incentives to them and link social problems and challenges with economic thinking. 

I think these will be the solutions for the future and we need to show to the world that all this is possible. 

That’s my vision for Europe in 2050.