Assumed European pluralism
Europe is not uniformity but an organized plurality. Political unity only matters if it protects the cultures, languages, and territories that shape collective life.
Vision 2033
Roadmap PromethEUs - Vision 2033
A decade to bring forth a federal, regionalist, protective, and democratic Europe. Our compass: an adult Europe, able to act without renouncing its diversity.
What Vision 2033 aims for
Clarify political responsibilities, protect citizens, and give territories the space to live their identity, culture, and social choices.
Horizon
2033
An adult and responsible Europe
Levels
2
Lived sovereignty + protection
Principles
6
Pluralism, subsidiarity, protection
Workstreams
8
From 2025 to 2033
Why 2033
A decade of political clarification
Europe faces a risk of political insignificance in a world marked by the return of power politics, technological acceleration, and democratic fragility. Vision 2033 offers a demanding framework to move beyond institutional ambiguity and build a Europe capable of protecting itself without administering daily life from afar.
PromethEUs advocates a federal, regionalist Europe: territories are the democratic foundation, and the European level is the power of protection. This articulation makes responsibility legible and enables durable civic ownership.
Shared diagnosis
- Responsibilities blurred and a deficit of political decision
- Technocracy without sufficient civic appropriation
- Need for collective protection against external powers
Guiding principles
Vision 2033 in six requirements
These principles guide the entire roadmap. They connect pluralism, protection, and democratic responsibility for a Europe that endures.
Lived subsidiarity
Everyday life must be decided as close as possible. Political responsibility is legible when citizens clearly identify who acts and at what level.
Protective federalism
The federal Europe does not replace identities; it protects them. It concentrates the competences that local levels cannot assume alone.
Ordered economy
The European economic order must be stable, clear, and impartial. Competition is an instrument of freedom, not an ideology.
Territorial and participatory democracy
A democratic Europe must articulate citizen participation, cultural pluralism, and territorial legitimacy.
Europe able to endure
Political durability requires citizen appropriation and institutions able to protect the freedoms they organize.
Political architecture
Regionalist federation: two complementary sovereignties
Vision 2033 rejects centralization. It defines two coherent levels, each responsible for the functions it can exercise closest to citizens' lives or at the level where strength is necessary.
Lived sovereignty (territories)
The territorial level carries daily life, identities, and social responsibility.
- Education, cultural transmission, and languages
- Agriculture, land planning, and local environment
- Employment, training, and local economy
- Health, solidarities, and essential services
- Housing, mobility, and dignified living conditions
Protective sovereignty (federal Europe)
The European level guarantees security, stability, and collective capacity to act.
- Common defense and strategic security
- Protection of external borders and resilience
- Diplomacy and international representation
- Economic and monetary framework, stability of the single market
- Critical infrastructures, digital sovereignty, and energy
European power
A Europe of power without renouncing its soul
European power is neither hegemonic nor imperial. It is defensive, deterrent, and protective. It aims to guarantee Europeans' autonomy of decision in an unstable world.
Common defense and strategic security
A credible, interoperable, and durable military capacity to protect citizens and deter threats.
- Common doctrine and European capability plan
- Coordinated defense industry and joint procurement
- Protection of borders and sensitive infrastructures
Industrial and technological autonomy
Strengthen Europe's productive sovereignty so as not to submit to external powers' choices.
- European industrial policy and strategic champions
- R&D investments and patient capital
- Resilient value chains
Energy security and transition
Ensure energy autonomy while accelerating the transition and price stability.
- Diversification and European interconnections
- Protection of energy infrastructures
- Sovereignty over critical supplies
Digital sovereignty
Guarantee technological autonomy, data control, and system security.
- Cloud, data, cybersecurity, and common standards
- Protection of critical digital infrastructures
- Rapid response capabilities to attacks
Unified diplomacy and normative influence
A clear European voice to weigh in power relations and protect our model.
- Coherent international representation
- Influence strategy and structured partnerships
- Defense of freedoms and pluralism
Roadmap
2025-2033: phases of transformation
Each phase pursues a clear political objective, priority workstreams, and concrete deliverables. The progression is deliberately demanding to give Europe the capacity to act and endure.
Strategic clarification and common direction
Move beyond political restraint by setting a shared diagnosis, a clear grammar, and an assumed trajectory.
Priority workstreams
- Diagnosis of institutional blockages and grey zones of responsibility
- Mapping competences by level of action
- Coalition of pilot territories and civic actors
Expected deliverables
- Vision 2033 disseminated across European networks
- Atlas of subsidiarity and clarification framework
- First indicators of protective capacity
Expected effect: A common language to debate and act, the basis of renewed legitimacy.
Territories and lived subsidiarity
Anchor democratic legitimacy in regions and make subsidiarity concrete.
Priority workstreams
- Political recognition of regions and cultural spaces
- Local experiments on education, employment, solidarity
- Cross-border networks of territories
Expected deliverables
- Charter of lived subsidiarity
- Territorial experimentation protocols
- Impact report on civic trust
Expected effect: Citizens identify the right level of decision for their daily life.
Expertise and federal architecture
Transform the vision into institutional architecture and realistic legal options.
Priority workstreams
- Comparison of federal and regionalist models
- Definition of exclusive and shared competences
- Economic and social modeling of scenarios
Expected deliverables
- Regionalist federal institutional blueprint
- Transition and governance scenarios
- Sectoral public policy briefs
Expected effect: A clear architecture defensible politically.
Structured civic mobilization
Build democratic legitimacy and a coherent European civic movement.
Priority workstreams
- Transnational citizen conventions
- Digital deliberation platforms
- Targeted European citizens' initiatives
Expected deliverables
- Structured citizen proposals
- Coalitions of territorial and civic actors
- Transnational support base
Expected effect: Organized mobilization oriented toward achievable proposals.
Institutional convergence
Embed the trajectory in the European agenda and translate principles into reforms.
Priority workstreams
- Structured dialogue with institutions and parliaments
- Drafting a constitutional project or a package of treaties
- Preparing ratification mechanisms
Expected deliverables
- Institutional reform package
- Regionalist federal constitution draft
- Ratification and adoption roadmap
Expected effect: Transformation becomes a credible political option.
Power of protection
Give Europe the means to act, deter, and protect.
Priority workstreams
- Interoperability of forces and projection capabilities
- Joint procurement and defense industrial bases
- Coordinated protection of critical infrastructures
Expected deliverables
- European capability plan
- Security doctrine and common standards
- Protection and resilience mechanisms
Expected effect: Europe moves from dependence to capacity for action.
Ordered economy and free societies
Stabilize the economic order to support freedom and innovation.
Priority workstreams
- Fair competition and fight against rents
- Industrial policy and long-term investment
- Monetary stability and market resilience
Expected deliverables
- European ordoliberal charter
- Strategic investment plan
- Protective regulatory frameworks
Expected effect: A stable economic framework that frees initiative.
Adult Europe
Durably install European democracy and political responsibility.
Priority workstreams
- Permanent and transparent citizen participation
- Strengthened territorial representation
- Democratic evaluation of European policies
Expected deliverables
- Institutional participation mechanisms
- Strengthening the territory-Europe link
- Transition assessment and post-2033 direction
Expected effect: An adult Europe able to act without renouncing its diversity.
Role of PromethEUs
An intellectual and civic catalyst
PromethEUs is not an observer. It is a structuring actor that produces expertise, organizes mobilization, and turns objectives into concrete proposals.
A European expertise actor
PromethEUs develops demanding expertise, based on comparison, data, and a fine understanding of institutions.
- Comparative analyses and European public policies
- Sectoral studies and strategic data
- Independent advice to territorial actors
A driver of civic mobilization
European legitimacy is built through citizen ownership. PromethEUs organizes structured mobilization.
- European citizens' initiatives and conventions
- Transnational networks of civic actors
- Digital deliberation tools
Adult Europe
Markers of a Europe that endures
Vision 2033 aims for an adult, protective, and pluralist Europe. These markers express the success of the transition to a regionalist federation.
Clarity of competences
Each level of decision is legible, with political responsibility assumed.
Strengthened collective protection
Defense, security, and critical infrastructures guaranteed at the European scale.
Industrial and technological autonomy
Productive and innovation capacities equal to the challenges.
Living European democracy
Citizen participation, territorial representation, and cultural pluralism reconciled.
Durable Europe
A construction capable of lasting because it is protective and owned.
Invitation
Make Europe's political existence real
Vision 2033 is not a utopia. It is a European responsibility. PromethEUs invites citizens, territories, and public actors to turn this heading into political reality.