Half a century ago, Martin Luther King said that he had had a dream. As all dreams, it was a combination of desire and utopia, seasoned with a bit of surrealism (taking into account the place and the period of time). However, the effort, determination, the strength and the willpower of many people made this desire come true, or almost. The United States have, and are currently being led by their first black president; nevertheless the poverty and unemployment rate among the black population continues to be the same.

I haven’t had a dream, but I do have many aspirations for the future of the Europe that I live in and the Europe that I want my children to live in. I am supposed to describe the Europe that I pursue for the approaching times; however, I will portray the community that I don’t want. Let the history, as well as the present, make us learn from our mistakes in order to face a new construction. A construction whose unit is not based on the subjugation of any imperialistic oppression, such as the “Pax Romana” or dictatorship (we will never forget Hitlerian Nazism or the Bolshevik Revolution).

I don’t want to be ruled by corrupt politicians who take refuge in their political position and seem to live outside the boundaries of the law. I don’t want arriviste leaders who take advantage of the circumstances and who manipulate people and money to financially thrive whilst society starves.

I don’t like the fact that languages are used to make a distinction among citizens from the same country when what is being proposed is its equality. I would not like for Europe to have one language of its own, but what I would be keen on is determining and respecting the means of communication common to all Europeans, English, regardless of any vernacular or local language in such a way that European citizens understand what they are being told by society. Moreover, I don’t want micro-cultures indicating fashion, telling me what I can and what I cannot wear around my neck or hair and I definitely do not like to be pointed out for belonging to one or another religious belief. I don’t want these groups to build up frontiers around their organizations and neglect what Europe has to offer. I don’t want anyone trying to impose their culture either by gaining votes or by bombing.

Furthermore, I don’t want different educational laws preventing me from studying in one place and developing in another, increasing labour immobility, which prevents bright people the acquirement of a job.

I don’t want the rest of the areas, currently known as countries, to be subjected to the interest of a few just because their economies are different, I don’t want the chosen person in one of them directing the others´ plans just because the wealth of this state is higher.

I don’t want anyone to consider himself having personal privileges, believing to be better than the rest or for segregating others socially. I do not want public money (which, by the way, belongs to everyone, not as a Spanish minister once said “It belongs to no one”) I repeat, I do not want this money to disappear, to be wasted, used up, or end up in hands of those who don’t need it at the expense of the poor, the unemployed, the sick and those who really require it.

As I said at the beginning, I have traced some lines of the sketch of the Europe that I do not want, the Europe that grandparents lived in, the Europe that must not be repeated and that history has to remind us in order not to forget. I know that usually we focus on the Europe we desire and I have described the opposite. However, reading between the lines you will have a clear picture of my future Europe, the Europe in which all of us can grow as human beings without stigmas or complexes, the Europe of the liberty. A single country to be proud of, a unique flag hoisted at the top of the mast, a single anthem that unites us in its song; my country, my Europe.