2050: An African travels through Europe
2050: An African travels through Europe

Summary/Abstract: The European Union, although presenting itself as institution acting only in the interest of progress, has many weaknesses. These are becoming clear in its continuously recurring crises (such as, at present, the extreme levels of debt of Greece, Ireland and Portugal which threaten the Euro). In this essay, a positive future scenario is developed in which European integration takes a new direction: It refrains from the aim of central planning by the ever-growing Eurocracy in Brussels, and moves toward a lean supranational coordination institution. In this way, it also opens many possibilities for direct participation of citizens and removes the Iron Curtain between Africa and Europe, thus becoming open for students, qualified workers and visitors from Africa and toward Africa, to the advantage of both continents.

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