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Stories for the future of Europe
Join us in exploring the possibilities of the future! Share your future perspectives, discover other people’s visions, and engage in a dialogue on what Europe and the world may look like in the future. We collect, share and distribute your visions in our stories database.
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Your ideas matter – shape the future you want! Share your visions of tomorrow and join us in creating a narrative that inspires citizens, policymakers, and foresight experts. Together, we can co-create the future.
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Stories do shape futures. Dive into the video tutorials to explore how future narratives are born. Further below, browse trough a series of inspiring, thought-provoking stories around challenges and opportunities of our futures.

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Inside the first self-sustainable city on Mars - by ABIBOO studio
Construction of the city of Nüwa could start in 2054 and will see 250,000 people live inside the rock of a steep cliff. Freeze my body, melt me in 80 years, and send me to Mars. Architecture studio ABIBOO has revealed its plans to create the first self-sustainable city on the Red Planet, which is set to be ready for residents in 2100. The city will be called Nüwa and will be located at Tempe Mensa on one of the Martian cliffs. Its position inside a rock on the steep cliff will protect its residents from radiation and meteorites (cool!) while still giving them
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#OurFutures stories by EU citizens
Nove Slovensko s lepšim porstredim
For the future of our country I wish the political situation to improve. That everyone should have equal rights without exception of gender orientation or other opinion. Today's situation is very poor in this respect and I therefore wish it to improve. I also wish that our government would be more concerned about people and less concerned about itself. I wish that nature continues to grow and that global warming does not get worse. The financial situation of our country is not so bad, but I wish that some jobs or teachers and others would get higher salaries. On the whole, as long as I try and work on our country and do not give up, I think we could look forward to a better future. Because I, too, as a young woman, want a good future for my future children.
Raj na zemi
People have learnt from the past and have started to be respectful, nice to each other, to help each other, not to cheat. They appreciate nature and help it, develop it. There are fewer cars on the streets. They recycle and have stopped building new buildings - they repair or demolish on top of the old ones. The government cares about the citizens and tries to make them live well,they don't exalt themselves over them, their salaries are the same as the people. They solve problems by conversation without insults, they set an example for the people. Social networks are only for communication between loved ones and for inspiration at work, no earning, ads or influencers.
Harmonie technologií a přírody
In 2040, Europe is sustainable and technologically advanced. Cities are green, transport is environmentally friendly and energy comes from renewable sources. Healthcare transcends disease thanks to advanced diagnostics. People work less thanks to automation and have more time for family, education and meaning.
Užívať si dôchodok, vnúčatá
A life of peace, without much influence of AI and robots.a life with grandchildren and not being alone. To have good health and not to be dependent on other people's help.To travel and explore Slovakia and the world in my free time. To see how my children are doing in their personal and procedural life.not to have turmoil and wars in Europe.not to exaggerate life Slovakia will still be a part of advanced Europe.
Utopie
The year 2040 could be described as a kind of utopia. No war, no disputes, an economic situation that is favourable for all citizens, as well as an ecological one. Everyone has a well-paid job, and food and goods needed for daily life are affordable for all. People's pensions are paid, and I, too, am assured that I will be able to enjoy my retirement pension in my old age (and that I will have one at all). I don't have to count every penny and my children don't lose out. I don't pay exorbitant property taxes and I don't have to worry about not having a place to live. The state doesn't extort money from me, while at the same time having enough money to ensure a good future for everyone. Also, the people of this state are not being squeezed out of every penny by the state just because they don't want to work. The people of Ukrainian nationality who came to us during the Russian-Ukrainian war have returned back home, where they also live a happy life. Cars still run on petrol and diesel, while being environmentally friendly, but they do not destroy engines. Getting a car is affordable for everyone.
Lepší budoucnost pro lidi
There will not be people who parasitize on others. There will be a new government that will improve everything for the benefit of the people in the country. It will fix everything that the present government has messed up. The people will live with dignity and there will be no one to control them and keep coming up with bans and orders for them. We will no longer be in the EU.
Sme generácia, ktorá prestala myslieť na seba.
In 2040, people are not starving, there is a lack of finance, and the food in the shops is not like that of millionaires. Children play in parks, they don't deal with phones, wifi or social networks. Old people walk happily in the streets because they know the state is not robbing them of their pensions. Cancer will disappear from the world, a cure has been found. Humanity is building again but not for the benefit of itself but for the benefit of the earth. A million eco-friendly stations are built. Electricity in houses is free because the largest solar field has been built. Warehouses have been abolished. Waste has been separated and reused. We live in a year when the best breathing is outdoors. When the sun does not cause allergies. When natural disasters have ceased. There is no tornado, there is no flood. And the economy is thriving, we have plenty of water and plenty of sunshine. Every year it gets better and better. We don't have sun scorched fields and we don't have swamps from soils.
We are a generation that has stopped thinking about ourselves, we are a generation that has started thinking about the land.
We are the best thing since 1900. Maybe that kind of simple thinking has helped us. When we connected the past with the future, so that life would be in symbiosis. So that we could give and take without minus losses. And that's how I would end it. It's a better future not only for people but for the earth.
Přístup k školství
It's 2040, our schools are no longer teaching children an outdated curriculum taught with questionable methods. Our children love going to school and attend school without fear of what will happen. They don't ask questions like, will I be tested in front of the whole class today? Because they won't be tested in 2024. Homework will also no longer be a common occurrence. 8 hours at school should be enough for a child and there should be no need to spend several more hours on homework. In 2040, children will have a chance to be children and not worry about what grades they are getting because we will move to verbal assessment of pupils instead of the traditional grading system as it is more effective and has a positive response from pupils. Classes are also smaller now, which allows the teacher to focus on all their pupils and make sure that everyone really understands the topic being discussed. Children in 2040 are smarter and happier in school than we were for these reasons.
Utopie
The year is 2040 and Elon Musk has done what he has been trying to do for years, he has integrated a chip into the brain that can play back any information or skill into consciousness through a computer. With the increased intelligence of the population, social differences disappear and crime is reduced to a minimum.
Bez Putina a Green Dealu máme větší šanci
The situation in Europe from a security point of view has improved - there is a strong "European" army capable of deterring Russia from carrying out further outbursts. Russia is no longer ruled by Putin or his political cronies, and Siberia has separated from Russia as a separate state entity. Europe - after the breakup of the European Union, the influence of Islam in its western states has intensified - there are representatives of Islamist political parties in its parliaments and there is increasing pressure to declare caliphates in individual countries. In the eastern countries, more democratic conditions of governance have been maintained, but the main problem here is not Islamism but the tendency towards an absolutist form of government. Following the revocation of Green Deal policies, the Czech Republic is facing a number of lawsuits from solar operators. The resulting Ukrainian political party is growing in influence.
Svetlá budúcnosť je realita
The year is 2040 and the world is at peace. People have long understood that the path of aggression, war and coercion leads nowhere. The dictators have been overthrown and we can breathe in a free Europe and a free world.
Even in Slovakia, great changes have taken place, even miracles. We have a government in charge that everyone recognises and respects. A government that puts the needs of the nation before the needs of itself. Miracles are literally happening here. The motorway between Košice and Bratislava has been completed - wonder of wonders. All it took was a little - to change the government and put in place competent people whose education is higher (bigger) than their egos.
We have defended our place in the European Union and we are walking hand in hand towards a brighter and better future.
It is a joy to live in this country at the heart of Europe. The door to the world is opening for everyone, to a world where common sense, love and peace reign. Just as we wished. A bright future is not just a concept, it is a reality.
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