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Human dignity, freedom and responsibility

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    How do we protect every person’s dignity when freedom, security and the common good conflict?

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    What responsibility does each person bear towards the community — and where does it end?

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    How do we safeguard personal sovereignty without weakening social cohesion?

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    Which rights must never be overturned by majorities?

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    How do we treat people fairly when their starting conditions differ greatly?

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  6. 6

    What responsibility do present generations bear towards people who have not yet been born?

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Democracy, government and power

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    When is a political decision truly legitimate?

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  2. 8

    How do we combine representative democracy, direct participation and professional responsibility?

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  3. 9

    How do we prevent money, reach or institutional access from buying political weight?

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  4. 10

    How do we protect minorities without making democratic majorities unable to act?

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    How do we make political responsibility visible when decisions are distributed?

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  6. 12

    When should a political decision be reviewed automatically?

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  7. 13

    How do we limit power without losing the ability to act when necessary?

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  8. 14

    Who holds those who exercise oversight accountable?

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    How do we create a government that acts effectively and remains traceable?

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    How do we prevent crises from permanently reducing freedom and oversight?

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Knowledge, media and orientation

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    How do we distinguish robust knowledge, plausible assumptions and mere claims?

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    How do we communicate scientific uncertainty in public?

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    How do we counter disinformation without suppressing legitimate dissent?

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    What responsibility do media, platforms and citizens bear for shared orientation?

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  5. 21

    How do we expose conflicts of interest without discrediting people wholesale?

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  6. 22

    How can people understand complex decisions without specialist knowledge?

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  7. 23

    How do we assess sources transparently without creating a central authority on truth?

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  8. 24

    How do we make room for changes of course without treating them as weakness?

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Technology, AI and digital sovereignty

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    How do we use AI so that it strengthens people rather than controlling them?

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  2. 26

    Which decisions must never be fully automated?

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  3. 27

    How do we protect privacy without making socially valuable insight impossible?

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  4. 28

    How do we prevent digital power from becoming concentrated in governments and companies?

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  5. 29

    Who should own data and models that matter to the public?

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    How do we make algorithmic decisions understandable, contestable and correctable?

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  7. 31

    How do we secure digital participation without forcing permanent connectivity?

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Society, work and prosperity

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    How do we secure participation without devaluing personal responsibility and achievement?

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  2. 33

    How do we distribute opportunities more fairly without artificially equalising outcomes?

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  3. 34

    How do we shape work in a world transformed by automation and AI?

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  4. 35

    How do we fund a capable welfare state sustainably and fairly across generations?

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  5. 36

    How do we prevent poverty without increasing dependence on opaque systems?

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  6. 37

    How do we measure prosperity beyond growth and income?

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    How do we create affordable housing without blocking ownership and investment?

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Education and agency

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    What must education provide so that people can act with confidence and agency?

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  2. 40

    How do we combine equal opportunity with different talents and life paths?

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  3. 41

    How do we prepare children and adults for a constantly changing world?

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  4. 42

    What role should media literacy, source checking and democratic decision-making skills play?

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Health and quality of life

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    How do we secure high-quality, solidarity-based and affordable healthcare?

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    How do we distribute scarce medical resources fairly and transparently?

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    How do we strengthen prevention without patronising people?

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Climate, resources and generations

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    How do we protect the foundations of life without setting prosperity against social stability?

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    How do we distribute the costs and opportunities of ecological change fairly?

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    How do we decide under great uncertainty about long-term, irreversible consequences?

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Europe, the world and peace

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    How do we combine national sovereignty, European capacity to act and global responsibility?

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    How do we build peace and cooperation when power is distributed unequally?

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