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Measures must be taken to help support young people to access affordable housing in Europe, particularly young women, migrants and/or refugees and people at risk of social exclusion.

Anonymous

April 26, 2023

Measures must be taken to help support young people to access affordable housing in Europe, particularly young women, migrants and/or refugees and people at risk of social exclusion.

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It's no secret that the younger generation has been dealt a tough hand. Throughout Europe, there is an overall lack of junior positions and opportunities for young people, yet a never-ending list of unpaid positions, difficulty to find affordable housing and being unable to leave their parents' homes until their late 20's, among other issues.

I believe it's important that within the next 20 years' an important structural change takes place to move resources towards helping young people access affordable housing. It's ridiculous to think that in Spain, someone earning above the average national wage is unable to afford an apartment, even a studio, and that people under the age of 30 have to resort to either: (i) living at home with their parents, (ii) flat sharing with 2,3 or 4 people. The situation is much worse for other groups of people, particularly women, migrants, refugees, minorities and people who at risk of social exclusion.

Someone needs to lead the way and it must happen at the EU level. This is the only way to push national and local governments to allocate resources, install rent control mechanisms and help people with one of their most basic needs. I hope that by 2040, my children or my friends' children don't have to face the same problems or struggles.

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The 2040s will be the years of the conquest of space towards Mars. The moon is in the process of being colonized, and Europe will have finally realized that it has all the skills it needs. Genuine collobaration between countries will have made it possible to create a habitable, reusable rocket. France is the only country to have taken part in all the world's space programs, in collaboration with other agencies, and will become the ship's leader. The people in charge of these projects will not be uneducated, but real scientists working in collaboration with European companies. These advances will be the stuff of dreams for young people, who will come and take part in this great adventure. Energy production will be nuclear; the Germans will have understood that green coal doesn't exist. This colonization of our near space will lead to major medical discoveries and a new understanding of our universe. The world will finally be moving in the right direction. All the women in the world will finally be legal, and religion will no longer have a say in the matter.
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For me, 2040 should change more technological. The cost of ectrical energy, which is very expensive, should change. It is mainly about generation. There are not enough green areas in cities where there is a lot of car traffic. More tree planting as it used to be done is the basis for biological balance. More places of rest and relaxation for young people that no one remembers now. Care for the elderly is the basis. Currently there is a lack of help or pretending that it is ok. In my opinion, more should be done by the State and governments to address the issue of childlessness in Poland. Abortion is to blame for this and not the other way around. Young girls who are not yet developed 15 year olds - 18 year olds take hormones to not get pregnant. And after that they can't get pregnant because the pills weaken the reproductive system of the young and they can't get pregnant. Why don't doctors talk about this. Education should change a lot. It should be stress-free and children should go to school with a smile.
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Europe has grown into an economically and globally important region, competing seriously with China and the United States. This competition also involves Europe dealing with its guilt and operating outside Europe in pursuit of regional interests. This scenario is the very lifeblood of the Union's continued rationality.
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