Together

The question that arises is: What will happen if other powers decides to leave the EU in the future? What will happen to the European Community and what will happen to European citizens? It’s not easy for the country to get your citizens accustomed to living in a homonymous block that threatens to collapse … And then what should the Union do that states do not follow the British model? First of all, transparency should grow at the level of all institutions, but also of potential candidate countries. It should occupy the gap left by the UK leaving the attraction of Switzerland or Norway (two countries with a potential for growth in the years to come). Creating new trade alliances with extra-community states (Asian states such as China, Arab Emirates, etc.). States that could be markets for European products, etc. That would be the future of the EU to survive the challenges ahead.

By 2030, cities around the world will be responsible for 74% of the greenhouse gas emissions. Facing this challenge, we must not only be ambitious but also visionary. In this spirit, we must give priority to the circular economy and eco-design, foster environmental education and choose a radical and effective energy transition. Cities have always been in the forefront of change. Cities in Europe have countless of concrete solutions that will enable humanity to overcome the planetary challenges that we have already started to face.   We must reinvent our cities, finding novel ways for our fellow citizens to make way for cultural, economic, social and societal innovation. In this respect, we must truly use technological innovation at the service of sustainable cities, ensuring that our European cities are the most prosperous and dynamic on earth. Their strength comes from values of tolerance and mutual respect that unite our peoples far more than our differences divided us. Tolerance equals strength!   A year after President Trump announced the US exit from the Paris Climate Agreement we need to continue our collective fight with unwavering determination. We need to knock down walls and put up bridges. We need for forge truly progressive urban policies for cities where life is good.   We need to continue to fight contamination, choosing clean energies and favoring electric modes of transportation, car-pooling and cycling. We need even stronger commitment towards finding the proper solutions to achieve universal shared progress for the good of the people. For this reason, we need to ensure that we can collect best practices on ecological transformation across Europe, using in-depth local and regional knowledge.

The main point is that time is running right now! Our environmental resources are shrinking rapidly and due to unreasonable actions of some politicians (cancelation of the Paris agreement for example) Europe and the European citizens have to show the world that we are still believing in a sustainable future! We have to take a leading role in the debate. The vision of the Social Democratic party is to leave a less polluted world for our next generations. Europe can achieve this goal through great energy efficiency, tackling climate change and a circular economy and not supporting economies without any restrictions. We are the generation who can implement this change. Let´s try it together.