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March 19, 2025

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One day in Europe in 2040

The sun is setting over Zagreb, or the castle will not sleep much longer. Trams run silently over the canal, using magnetic rails to carry passengers without bumping or starting. People walk along streets lined with solar lamps, and the air is fresh - something unmistakable in the past twenty years, when congestion and crowds still dominated European metropolises.

Start your day in a smart kitchen where artificial intelligence adjusts the temperature, prepares a delivery based on your food needs and books a hydrogen-powered self-driving taxi for your journey to business. I work at the European Institute for Climate Stabilisation, where my team oversees "climatic shields" - innovative satellites that regulate the Earth's temperature and reduce the effects of global warming.

While I am travelling, I am looking across the horizon and seeing how Europe has arrived at this point. In the wake of the energy crisis of 2025, the EU has invested huge resources in renewable energy sources. By 2035, fossil fuels will have been used up, and all buildings will have solar, wind, electricity and fusion energy only. Smart buildings are the standard, and new technologies allow for the regeneration of nature - unpaved motorways are replaced by urban gardens and noises that help to maintain ecological balance.

Thanks to quantum communication, information is transmitted instantaneously, without any hassle. Borders between countries are no longer a barrier - people travel freely thanks to unique digital identification and the EU's universal citizenship.

At the end of the day, I go to a futuristic restaurant where robot chefs prepare a meal from local, lab-grown sastojaka. The food is delicious, tasty and nutritionally adapted to each guest.

As I continue to cook through the park's draught of wood, which vaporises CO2 and converts it into pure oxygen, I feel proud. Europe 2040 is not only technologically advanced - it has become a sustainable, humane society where nature and people live in harmony.

With a smile on your face, think: "The future is brighter than we ever dreamed."

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Demokrati och rättigheter

By 2040, there will be no war in Europe. Everyone has an open dialogue with other countries and all countries in Europe are democracies where regular elections are held. There is freedom for people to move across borders. There are many opportunities for jobs and to develop.There is the freedom to express one's opinion even if not everyone likes it. In addition, there are strict enough laws for harsh crimes against people such as rape and murder. Children's rights are respected and corruption is something that does not exist and also something that is not tolerated.

Kova dėl ateities, vyksta dabar

The artificial intellect is the future of the 2040s and beyond. It will also be a positive and negative aspect of human life. Harmful because the privacy of a person may disappear, and the advantage that a person will be integrated into the wider world of technology, this will allow a better knowledge of human health, life. In the future, climate problems will be much more pronounced. Water levels will rise drastically and air pollution will be the highest in human history. Together with technology, people will strive to scale up and finally improve the Green Deal. The current struggle in Ukraine, in the geopolitical world, is deciding the future of the Ruropa states first in 100 years, so today we must take measures not only to reduce pollution, but also to support the states fighting for democracy. Otherwise, we will find ourselves in a witness situation where the war on the European continent will affect every European and take us back, not 100 years.

A balance between freedom and security. More horizontal links.

Europe's future is secure, with convenient transport links to any point in the union. Low taxes, allowing entrepreneurship to develop. Improved public services allowing most actions to be done electronically, like in Estonia. Fewer regulatory restrictions (environmental, AI, etc.). Compulsory higher education for all citizens. More nuclear power plants and compact safe reactors. Less bureaucracy, more horizonal links and public self-regulation on the ground.

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I imagine that I am in Pula, alive and healthy and my family is healthy. As I currently have health problems, I imagine and wish that quality health protection is available to people at all times that it is free and of good quality. For everyone. I imagine that I live in a society where no disease is stigmatized and that society prioritises the elderly, the sick and the disabled. I imagine that as humans we have overcome greed, egoism and care for each other. And again that we have bedpmatous health, everyone has free medication, free dental services and that then mental hygiene will be a priority. Namely, everyone can do without shame and fear to go regularly to the psychologist for discussion and advice. Every nation has priority for the health of its inhabitants , both physically and mentally. For what kind of nation and civilization are we if the health service is not available to everyone and not to profit from someone's illness and powerlessness. Healthy people are the basis for a healthy society.

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