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A Bill saying that fuel prices in EU Will have a standard price for all European Members . Doing some research myself on the average salary of all Europeans it would be the best if all European countries had a Fuel price of around 1.28 . I believe that EU Needs such a bill because it would beat the unfair competition made by Austria and the Nordic countries. It is also unfair that Italy’s fuel price is

„The absolute majority of people in Europe live in cities. The quality of their lives are the value of the EU and your responsibility.“ Already 2/3 of the EU population are working and living in cities. By 2020 it is estimated that almost 80% of EU citizens will be living in cities. Nowhere on Earth is urbanization as advanced as in Europe and the trend is continuing rapidly. Cultural, social, political, and scientific progress takes place in the heart of our cities, where all our strengths flow together. This is also were the solutions for our future has to be developed. Gentrification, poverty, homelessness, unemployment, energy management, public health have to be top priorities on our agenda. Together with civil society, grass root movements and local political authorities the S&D can tackle that challenge democratically and coherently. Cities host the progressive majority in Europe and social democrats have to be the force to organize and unite the working class. The requirement for this political work is consistently growing. By using new methods of digital policy-making we can strive to build a democratic and transnational future, social equality, justice, freedom and solidarity.

Cities are, right now, part of the problem in adressing climate change. Cities consume 2/3 of the world’s energy and are responsible for 70% of global CO2 emissions. In order to build a sustainable future, cities need to become part of the solution. There is so much that needs to be done, we need to increase the use of renewable energy(wind, solar etc), upgrade the energy efficiency in buildings, transit to electric vehicles with lithium-air batteries, support community farms(intensive farming has a negative impact in global warming). Cities need to do this but they can’t do it alone; these changes are necessary but expensive. And this is where the European Union is important. The EU has the dimension, funds and power to push for this transition by creating a Green New Deal. A Green New Deal would build a sustainable and more green future in Europe but also solve the problems of chronical unemployment. With all the problems that unfair trade policies create to Blue-Collar Working class; green collar jobs are the alternative ! They can’t be shipped overseas and many of them can’t be replaced by technology in the near future. We will need green building architects, solar energy engineers, eletricians who install solar panels, worker’s that insulate older buildings and many other jobs of low, medium and high skill that need to be here in Europe! I’m optimistic about these changes, after all, cities are the magnet for innovation, entrepeneurship and development and the combination in a partnership with businesses and the European Union we will build a more susteinable future.