Tony Czarnecki, the Managing Partner of Sustensis, will be making a presentation during the Europe Day, at the event hosted by the Citizens Takeover Day, on 9th May at 13:00 CET (See below for details). The presentation as well as the whole event will be live streamed and those that wish to log on and participate in the discussion will be sent a link in the next few days. There is also a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/citizenstakeover/.
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European Federation by 2025
A presentation by Tony Czarnecki, Managing Partner of Sustensis on 9th May 2020 at 13:00 CET
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Over the last few years, almost everything around us has started to change at nearly an exponential pace. The world after the Covid-19 pandemic will look so different because all those pending changes will explode at once! Every aspect of our lives will change for ever but it will also become clear how fragile we are as a civilization to existential risks created by ourselves, such as Climate Change or Artificial Intelligence. Humanity has quite probably entered the most dangerous decade in its all history. And yet the Planet Earth still does not have a single supranational organization that would guide us through this turbulent period.
Such an organization needs to be created latest by 2030 and this presentation will provide a full justification for the urgency of such an action. Since the creation of this organization within a decade is of course impossible, the only option is to adapt the most advanced existing organisation, which would initially act as a de facto World Government. Sustensis has done some fundamental research on which organisation might best perform such a role and it became very clear, it is the European Union. At first, it would have to be converted into the European Federation. That should happen by 2025, if we want to manage existential risks such as Artificial Intelligence or Climate Change.
When you join this presentation, you will learn why it is necessary to make the creation of the European Federation as the EU’s most urgent task and how to make such a process feasible within a few years. You will also see how to make the participation of the EU citizens, in various EU assemblies most effective.
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FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF THE CITIZENS’ TAKEOVER EUROPE INITIATIVE
“At a turning point for Europe, and when it seems to be little to celebrate on the Europe Day, we decide to take the courageous, and perhaps crazy decision, of organising Citizens Take Over Europe, a citizen participation action starting on the 9th of May, to send out a message of hope and togetherness, and to stand up for democracy.
We are a group of civil society organisations from across Europe calling on others to join an unprecedented common effort to take democracy in Europe forward. While our leaders struggle to find a common solution in the EU, we take our own responsibility to put citizens and residents at the centre of the conversation about the future of Europe. And not only that: we believe it is crucial for people in Europe to self-organise across borders to realise the Europe we want: a Europe that cares and is taken care of.
We will bring people together across borders to share stories about how people are taking care of each other and trying to make things better right now – and using this as a blueprint for another Europe, a Europe that cares.
On the 9th of May we kick-off a process for a self-organised European Citizens’ Conference to take place over the coming 2 years, in which people can have their say about our present and future, and ensure that citizen and civil society participation is at the heart of all new initiatives for the future of Europe. We need to introduce a fundamental and bottom-up energy to reimagine our relation to Europe at a moment when top-down governance is threatening the idea of European solidarity and risks dividing our societies even further.
Our actions will be held together online and offline on a kick off day-long marathon taking place on the 9th of May across Europe and in different languages. The programme will include artistic performances, political debates, readings, and podcasts to be broadcasted through our partners’ channels.
Another story of Europe is being written. Let’s hear it!”
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