When political entities are small compared to the issues to be addressed or compared to concentrated economic powers, they are individually powerless.

When Member States of the European Union act in full independence, they try to escape their duties and engage in destructive social races to the bottom to attract and satisfy multinationals.

Inequality and social insecurity are the root causes of stress (and of the social and health problems that it creates) and of compulsive and ostentatious consumption (at the root of our unsustainable society)

The happy society of the future will be socially just, environmentally sustainable and deeply democratic, in private organisations and at all scales of government. These three pillars mutually support each other.

We need to create a desirable future for our European societies to overcome the fear that paralyses us when facing the challenges of the 21st century.

What this podcast intends to achieve, and the four main series: the challenges, inspirational people, the goal and the way forward.

Global warming is not just about increasing the power of air-conditioning by 1 or 2°C. If left unchecked, some self-reinforcing phenomena can bring it totally out of control.