Online registration and login processes should be facilitated by creating an EU Identity Server. This means that the public institutions of all member states will all have the option “login with EU”

With hate speech, low self-esteem, and misinformation circulating online, teenagers and adults must be aware of the risks online and ensure they can accept the risks before going online. Children and young people should be aware of how excessive screen time seriously impacts their psychological and emotional well-being. The solution to it could be:

• to create an evidence-based awareness campaign
• to introduce mandatory lessons within the school curriculum to raise awareness about screen time
• to enhance security of online activities: we need more verification when users create social media accounts to avoid lies about identity and age. All accounts creators should go through extensive checks. Even if the process is long and annoying, it comes down to protecting lives
• to limit the practice of online gaming. Video game apps should create a system where children under 13 years old have a limited online game by verification of age

Major effects of climate change can already be seen – and will likely get worse in the future, leading to immeasurable suffering and millions of climate refugees. While the EU should take responsibility and put its resources towards aiding less advanced countries to improve their infrastructure and help as many people as possible, it is important to keep a balance: The EU must make sure to keep its structure and safety in mind as it is impossible to structurally deal with the influx of millions of people on its own.

At the moment, the EU depends on neighbouring regimes in Libya, Turkey, Morocco, and elsewhere to help in reducing flows of migrants towards Europe.

This is risky: It opens the EU up to blackmail by authoritarian regimes and may lead to abuses conducted against migrants. To avoid this, the EU should significantly strengthen its capacity to make common foreign policy. It should gain the ability to project its interests further, using soft power where necessary to reduce migration flows at the source.

New external crises require a deepening of common policymaking, and an emphasis on prevention in advance of the causes of migration, rather than an excessive security-focused response to migration once it has taken place. 

Governments and other public bodies are taking advantage of the mass surveillance possibilities that the internet provides. Sometimes, in the name of better public security, governments breach personal data and violate citizens' right to privacy. The time has come for this situation to change.

Governments shouldn't have access to our personal data under the pretext of protecting minors or fighting terrorism. After all, in most cases, the main victims of personal data breaches are common people, journalists, and activists, since “dangerous”

Content monitoring on social media has become an important element in guaranteeing citizens' safety online. During the COVID-19 pandemic, content monitoring technologies have been used to automatically identify posts discussing the virus or vaccines, encouraging readers to visit an official source to find out more about the topic.

Building on this experience, technology that automatically identifies the subjects of social media posts could be used to identify hate speech directed towards minorities.

Every citizen should be guaranteed a minimum level of healthcare, regardless of income or EU passport. We need to guarantee:

• fair and standardised pricing for drugs across Europe
• equal access to innovative treatments and life-saving drugs
• similar waiting times for operations and procedures
• equal and fair COVID-19 follow-up care, for everyone who contracted the disease

It has been a year of turmoil for our healthcare systems amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Wouldn't it be a great source of resilience to hold EU Member States to a certain standard of healthcare and help to fund this throughout the region in the case of future virus outbreaks? The EU needs a universal healthcare system with a shared budget, to which all Member States contribute. This budget should service equal wages for healthcare workers and an equal level of care for all European citizens.

Irregular immigration across the Mediterranean poses a significant challenge to border control agencies, among them Frontex– the EU's border and coastguard agency. Recognising this, it may be beneficial to expand Frontex's staff. Satellite imaging of the Mediterranean may also help: satellites paired with sophisticated AI analysis of images could allow real-time alerts to be delivered to Frontex boats, helping them to find migrants' vessels and safely return them to their points of origin.

This would reduce irregular immigration, discourage migrants from undertaking the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, and reduce smugglers' credibility.

It is important that the Union reflects on its roots and role in the global arena to be able to strive and lead by example in the future. The EU's role is that of a mediator, a moderator, and a conciliator in a global arena – where the East meets the West. But it is not enough to reflect and dwell on the past. It is also crucial to adapt these core strengths to future endeavours, such as the green transformation, digitalisation, public health, strategic partnerships, or security. By re-examining its role in the world and its shared values, the EU has to make sure that its decisions are progressive and forward-looking rather than seeking to exercise hard-power influence. The Union should strive to be a "buffer zone" built on diplomatic strategy and its collectivity. This way it can lead in future dispute resolutions, negotiations, and conduct conflict prevention.

More support should be provided for Europeans to learn a new language.

The Online Linguistic Support (OLS) programme is currently only available for Erasmus+ participants. It should be made available to all EU students so that anyone who desires to learn a new language and does not have the necessary means to pay, can do so flexibly.

Language education should start as early as possible - in day care centres and nursery schools. This should not only apply to the English language, but also to a strategic third language that could create future economic opportunities.

More effort should be put into integrating migrant children in society. Migrant children now have to learn a new language while simultaneously following the regular syllabus. This is ineffective.

Intensive language courses should be introduced so that migrant children learn the language of their new home before they start following regular school syllabuses.

With the United Kingdom out of the EU, it is time to propose a new common language – perhaps French, German or Italian. This language should form the basis for all economic and social activity in the EU and be taught across all member states.

Esperanto should also be considered to become the language of Europe. It's easy to learn and its rational design makes it easy for a learner to become conversational within just a few months. It is also a neutral language that doesn't belong to any country or people. This will make language more accessible to more people.

According to the Grin Report, it is estimated that EUR 25 billion per year is lost in the EU because tourists prefer to travel to English-speaking countries like the United Kingdom and the United States.

Critical thinking should be taught since first grade. This, in addition to news literacy skills, would help our union progress, and limit the illiberal and unscientific biases, such as anti-vax, conspiracy theories, and the sort.

• Liberal Arts, theatre productions, music programs, immersive art productions, Model UN projects and such in middle and high school classrooms will help propel our citizens to a much more inclusive and progressive generation.
• We could start with more training for national institutions, and continue with EU-level programs and competitions, including Eurovision-style broadcasts for Model UN - or “Model-EU”

Europe needs research on its own future, but researchers need funding. Therefore, the EU should fund them by for example directing money to universities and research centres that work on EU-focused projects.

Such projects should focus on cooperation mechanisms for EU institutions and on enhancing European policies. Financial cooperation, the future of the European Monetary Union and migration policies should also be among the topics.

Particular jobs and industries should be made more attractive to young people, so as to reduce youth unemployment.

• Building fitness studios in offices, providing company cars to employees and offering good opportunities for career progression will make jobs more attractive to a younger market.
• Gradually free up jobs for young people and upskill them to meet new technological demands.
• Increase employer flexibility, so the job market caters to everyone, including those who would like to work abroad, stay close to family, or work remotely

Instead of focusing on the human impact on climate change, we should promote the idea of human flourishing: This means to use the energy sources that are most beneficial to us in each moment and stop blaming people for the destruction of our planet. Human impact on the environment should not be seen as either moral or immoral, because it is after all inevitable. We should take care of the planet while also taking into consideration our own happiness and prosperity.

We need more education about human rights in medicine: there are too many health professionals who refuse to care about LGBT+ patients and violate the rights of women in the postnatal period with malpractices such as the 'husband stitch', a medically unnecessary extra stitch after birth. In addition, a significant number of health practitioners still refuse the right to abortion or contraceptives. 

There are still countries in the EU where the consumption of Cannabis is considered a crime and people who use it are being persecuted. Union-wide decriminalisation of growing Cannabis for personal use would bring enormous benefits to the public mental health. 

The European Council should be reformed in order to become a better European institution and contribute to a better-functioning European Union.

Ways to do so could include:

• The European Council should be merged with the Council of the European Union into one council that is equated with the Parliament when it comes to lawmaking competence. This includes the right of initiative to propose new legislation.
• It should consist of representatives from the national governments.
• It should operate with a qualified majority on all policy fields including the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), which means that 55 % of the member states need to vote in favor, these member states should then represent 55 % of the European population.
• The blocking minority (at least four member states representing more than 35 % of the EU population) should be abolished, while keeping the Ioannina Compromise.
• The European Council should select one chairperson for a 5-year-period, who will lead the meetings and take care of the symbolic, ceremonial and diplomatic tasks of a state leader.
• It should increase its transparency. Generally, all its meetings including those not concerned with legislation as well as those of its subordinate bodies (preparatory bodies and Coreper) must be public and live-streamed.

Chronic disease makes young people extremely vulnerable and COVID-19 has exacerbated the problem, through disrupted access to healthcare, extreme caution around vaccination and unstructured information. Europe has great research potential to advance knowledge on chronic diseases. Revolutionary medical advances need more European investment, cooperation and integrated healthcare systems that can use research to begin clinical trials.

We should:

• Establish European Centres of Excellence for specific diseases.
• Develop EU patient registries for challenging diseases, especially respiratory diseases that make patients vulnerable to severe illness from COVID-19.

The European Commission should be reformed in order to become a political executive branch instead of an apolitical or technocratic institution. That way, it will become able to advocate for the common interests of the Union.

Ways to reform the Commission would include:

• The composition of the Commission should be decided by a coalition formed by a majority of MEPs in the European Parliament.
• The so-called "Spitzenkandidaten system" should be reformed. The President should be nominated and elected with a majority by the European Parliament and approved by the Council.
• Parliament may at any time cast a constructive vote of no-confidence against the President of the Commission, an individual Commissioner or the entire Commission.
• The number of commission portfolios should be reduced to a maximum of â…” of current member states, making sure that each region of the European Union is represented in the Commission. A rotation system may be put in place.
• Each Member State nominates two candidates, the President then selects out of this pool. Parliament eventually votes on these candidates individually.

The EU has to ban the entry of trophy imports for animal species classified as vulnerable or threatened (Annex A and Annex B). These animals are systematically killed for exhibitions in an activity that provides no scientific value. The hunting of these species disrupts the genetic pool and natural cycles in European ecosystems. It also doesn't contribute to the development of the local communities where the activity takes place because profits are usually spent elsewhere.

There is a need for pan-European initiatives that brings European people together in spirit and friendship. For example, each student could be assigned a Virtual European Friend (VEF) from another EU country with whom they can communicate virtually.

The European Parliament should focus more on promoting diversity in our society. We need more education and awareness on how to accept people with different backgrounds and opinions from our own.

Traditional, local based agriculture relies on ancient practices that are currently being substituted by a modern technology-based approach. However, these indigenous techniques are often less harmful to the environment. This is why it is important that all EU Member States focus on preserving and systematically recording this knowledge, as well as passing it on to younger generations.

These initiatives should connect rural farmers with young "agripreneurs", university students and volunteers. In this way, the new generation will be able to couple with indigenous communities and learn about sustainable farming practices. This will also help farmers engage with businesses and transform their day-to-day protocols into a commercially viable enterprise.

Additionally, farmers should be taught about EU biodiversity policies.

There is still a big gap between male activists and female activists in environmental issues, though our sometimes old fashioned mindsets prevent us from noticing said misbalance. It is important to enhance women's influence on the protection of the planet, as well as to create deeper understanding on how females approach the challenge of a sustainable future.

Make it easier for young Europeans to meet, create and innovate: we need a platform to search for upcoming European youth initiatives by association, social enterprise, and project. This would allow young Europeans to find joint project holders in different countries and be able to exchange cultures, problems and solutions for a better Europe.

For Europe to successfully manage immigration, strict minimum conditions should be introduced determining the extent to which every migrant should be expected to integrate themselves. Migrants should be made aware of these conditions upon arrival. Conditions should include making an effort to increase their language abilities; to find work; to participate in volunteer activities; and so on. Those who are not willing to accept and act on a commitment to these conditions –and especially those found to have committed crimes– should not be permitted to remain in Europe in the long term.

Of course, this requires that migrants have the opportunities to integrate themselves and to act to reach these conditions. The EU and Member States should therefore invest massively in supporting newly-arrived migrants and candidates for long-term integrated residency.

Climate-related metrics should be added to the traditional metrics used to measure country success, such as GDP. Simple economic growth is pointless if it is at the expense of the environment.

• Young people can learn about adopting a healthy lifestyle through cooking - this could be an effective way of combatting the 'obesity pandemic'
• Young people can learn more about the different cuisines throughout Europe
• Older people can teach these courses, so that traditional recipes and heritages are preserved
• This would forge intergenerational dialogue and address the issue of old age loneliness