The economic model of sports relies mainly on advertising and sponsoring by commercial companies. Sports are thus dominated by the narrow oligarchy of multinational sponsors and advertisers, whose purpose is to leverage the positive image of sport in our societies to sell their products or services. Sport is now a global business - whereas its spirit originally was, and should remain, that of a healthy leisure activity. This domination of sports by the economic interests of advertisers and sp...

The automotive industry has an enormous importance in terms of (1) environmental impact, (2) contribution to mobility and (3) economic value added and employment. Automotive use and production should decline over the next century - but this decline must be managed responsibly.

Imposing a price to carbon emissions in Europe (in the form of tradeable allowances or of a carbon tax) is detrimental to the external competitiveness of European energy-intensive industries. I propose to set up a border adjustment on the price of carbon: the importer pays the internal tax, the exporter is being refunded.

The only renewable energy that does not take off in Europe is thermal solar energy: solar panels to collect heat for domestic uses (hot water, heating, even air conditioning!). It should however be strongly supported: its yield is excellent, and (contrary to photovoltaic and wind), it stores its output very simply in the form of hot water. Domestic heating and hot water count as major sources of energy consumption (>25% of the total - to be confirmed), so that replacing the current use of fossi...