C EUROPE2040 : TOMORROW IS TODAY

In this respect, the Eu needs to review its This type of foresight and planning is what motivated model to be able to produce the common goods that a group of opinion-leaders to create the Conclave, citizens need in domains such as democracy, defence a trans-disciplinary and forward-looking annual agora and security, education, science and technology, dedicated to the future of Europe. [...] The aim of the environment, energy, health, agriculture or culture… Conclave is to develop a shared understanding of the and that none of the Member States has the capacity European political context and its underlying dynamics, or the resources to build alone. [...] if, and only if, we, the citizens of the European union, develop real ownership of the process and take This first Conclave was hosted last 24-26 november the transformation of the European union as the by the president of the republic of portugal, Marcelo responsibility of each and everyone of us – and not rebelo de Sousa, in the presidential palace of Cascais just that of a political elite. [...] Thus, a steady and rivals and to be in a position to influence in-depth influx of immigrants will be needed for the labour the rules of the world game, the Eu must also regain force and social security systems of the Eu, while scientific and technological leadership. [...] • The CovID-19 pandemic led European countries • The Eu has long been drafting pharmaceutical le- to the common purchase of vaccines and the crea- gislations into the framework of the Single Market tion of the “Health Emergency Preparedness and while regulating access based on the assessment of Response Authority” (HErA) based on intelligence the European Medicines Agency.