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Imagining a bold and creative future: Brussels as the capital of ideas and imagination for 500 million Europeans

Participate in the exciting discussion about the future of Brussels and its role as a capital of imagination and ideas for 500 million Europeans.

For too long, Brussels has been seen as just an administrative center of Europe, but we believe that it can be so much more. We envision a future where Brussels is not only the headquarters of key institutions but also a vibrant cultural capital that offers transformative ideas and practices to all its inhabitants.

We believe that arts and culture can play a central role in creating a shared, sustainable, and inclusive future, starting from our superdiverse and multilingual city. But we want to be even more ambitious than that. We want to explore how arts and culture can be integrated with the urban transitions we need to make, to show the way towards a different, more equal, and more inclusive Europe.

This is your chance to join the conversation and help shape the future of Brussels as a capital of imagination and ideas. Whether you’re an artist, a student, an urban planner, or just someone who cares about the future of Europe, your input is essential. Let’s imagine a better future together!

Srecko Horvat is a Croatian philosopher, author and translator, as well as an astute political activist. His books and essays, many of which have been translated into other languages, deal with capitalism-critical movements, emancipation and the development of Europe. Horvat writes regularly for leading media, including ’The Guardian’, ’Al Jazeera’, ‘Der Spiegel’ and ’The New York Times’. For a number of years he ran the ‘Subversive Festival’ in Zagreb, a forum for socio-political issues in Southeast Europe. Together with Slavoj Žižek, he published the book ‘What Does Europe Want? The Union and Its Discontents’. Srećko Horvat is actively involved in the Democracy in Europe 2025 movement and was one of its founders in 2016.

Chloé Mikolajczak is an environnemental and social justice activist. For the past 6 years, Chloé Mikolajszak she has been involved and coordinated several campaigns including Fashion revolution Belgium, Right to Repair and Fossil Free Politics, all attempting to create a more sustainable and equitable future.