I would like the future of Europe to be environmentally friendly. I expect European institutions to adopt rules and policies that foster a rapid change towards climate neutrality so that future generations do not have to deal with the devastating consequences that will derive from our actions now. In an ideal future, we will no longer rely on energies that have a negative impact for the environment; on the contrary, we will utilize only green energies to power our industries. Moreover, meat will be less and less the preferred option to be consumed, and we will increasingly adopt a more vegetable-centered diet that contributes to the sustainability of our planet. We will also develop sustainable alternatives for the current means of transport that will make cars less pollutant, and the same goes for the planes. All these actions will jointly direct the world, and more specifically Europe, to a healthier and more sustainable life.

Youth is the future of the European Union, in terms of decision-making, since they are present and future.

I hope and expect that our empathy for those from afar will increase in the next 20 years, and the international mobility of vulnerable people will not be as difficult and exhausting as it is today. On the one hand, I would like 2040 to be a year in which those who are forced to flee their homes due to human or climatic catastrophes do not face unnecessary obstacles in their flight, resulting from prejudice and discrimination. I close my eyes and I see reception centres which respect and promote human rights, politicians that do not trade with border control measures, administrations that protect vulnerable people, laws that do not curtail human rights under any pretext or justification, and judicial systems that do not deviate from such red lines. In addition, I also hope that those who cannot develop their full potential in their home country will be able to access the facilities we have in Europe, either to bring that talent back home or to stay in the EU. At present, the legal pathways to access the EU territory are mainly focused on people with higher education, entrepreneurs or people with some purchasing power. However, I believe that the ideal is to open up more circular migration channels through which those who do not have much can have a better future. This is not only "in our interest" because it would reduce irregular immigration, but I believe it should be an obligation, as a significant world power. In my vision of an ideal 2040, mobility should be open to all - not a headache for those who need to flee or a utopia for those who cannot afford it.

In the event of a At 2040, we live in a sustainable Europe, where we are no longer dependent on fuels in which we are no longer dependent on fuels, where we no longer depend on sources of energy that are damaging to the planet and we have pleaded for clean energy. A smoke-free Europe in which the largest number of industries no longer emit polluting gases, in which ciudadan@s and educad@s from schools advocate recycling, the use of transport and respect for the fauna and flora in their surroundings. The highest level of SDGs has been met, eradicating many problems such as poverty and social exclusion, boosting equal opportunities for all. A Europe that is open to aquell@s who are looking for help, with inclusion programmes, so that, on an equal basis, ciudadan@s can grow personally and professionally. In conclusion, a Europe that has gone beyond the largest one of hardship we are facing today and we have learned from our past mistakes and move together towards a better Europe, working together with all the members.