I want people to be happy in 2040, free from disease, to live in abundance and not in poverty. The payment for the work performed was adequate to the needs of the person concerned. Each person should have their own capital to buy an apartment - without taking loans, loans, etc., paying them back for most of their life. Healthcare available at any time of need - free of charge. Children should have secured education at the highest possible level, focused on their interests, which in the future will pay off in the labour market. In addition, all citizens should take care of their environment; as much greenery as possible, as little rubbish as possible, plastic and zty in harmony with nature.

In 2040, I wake up in a world where Europe has been able to reconcile progress with respect for nature. Cities have become green spaces, individual cars have disappeared in favor of ultra-efficient and free public transport. I take a silent aerial tram to go to work, crossing neighborhoods where the roofs are covered with shared gardens. The air is clean, temperatures are more bearable despite global warming, which we have been able to slow down thanks to courageous political choices. Between 2025 and 2040, there were crises, but also a collective awareness. The economy has adapted, companies have had to comply with strict environmental standards, and work has evolved: less stress, more flexibility, a guaranteed minimum income for all. Solidarity is at the heart of society, with affordable housing and a better distribution of wealth. This future gives me hope. It shows that by acting together, we have been able to transform our ways of life for a more just and sustainable world.

As I sit here drinking my organic replacement coffee and eating a tasty grasshopper chocolate on Feb 17, 2050, I think back to how awful the world looked 25 years ago. On my hologram-phone I can see images from that time. Mass extinction, war in Ukraine and Palestine, Taiwan and China, a galloping climate crisis and climate refugees no one took in. Imagine that the breakthrough in fusion energy and battery technology in 2028 resulted in so much social profit that it led to regime change and democracy in Russia and China and that Trump had to leave power in the US. No one had to fight over fossil fuels and territories anymore. The energy surplus led to a shift in agriculture to small organic farms combined with large, technologically sustainable farms, freeing up huge areas for nature and finally turning the climate tide. In 2050, we still have a long way to go. More people need to go to school, equal access to health is a priority and more CO2 needs to be sucked out of the atmosphere even though emissions are at a global 0. But despite everything, there is hope and the future looks brighter than it did back in dystopian 2025.

Europe-wide engagement events are organised. This will allow Europeans to discuss the challenges and priorities facing Europe, share their ideas and help shape a common future. The people of Europe will have a greater say in what the European Union does and how it works for them. People will be able to voice their opinions, suggestions and ideas about the Europe they want to live in. People will have better health, better access to healthcare. There are no more regions where transport does not move. Europe is self-sufficient and feeds its own people. Agriculture is in the spotlight. Urban populations are moving to the countryside. The rural-urban divide is disappearing. The digital society has evolved. Green energy is used. People are happy.