Finally today, in our EUROPINION segment: Our correspondents in St. Truiden, Belgium asked people, if they had the power and the ability, what global problem they would try to solve.
What Global Problem Would You Solve?
“That’s a question to sit back and think about… A global problem…” “The only thing I would like to change is that everybody would become a little bit more tolerant. If we all could start with that, then I‘d say things would be a lot better.” “I think most of our problems can be solved when we sit down and talk it over.” “I would redistribute all the wealth in the world. I think it’s unacceptable that 10% of the world’s population controls 90% of the resources on our planet.” “First of all I think about famine all over the world.” “Yes, I also think about famine.” “I’d say poverty in general.” “I’d solve the problem of famine and improve the environment.” “I think we even have a lot of poverty in our own country of Belgium.” “That more people would be able to find a new job because I think unemployment and the economic crisis is becoming a major problem.” “What happened in Haiti—that’s really terrible.” “I think it’s terrible for those people. And if I could, I would help them.” “The meltdown of the ice caps.” “Two main problems is: terrorism and global warming. I’d try to solve both problems.” “We’ve already reached a certain age where there aren’t that many problems anymore.” “We’re living on a rather small pension and they promised some improvement for years. But unfortunately it stays the same.”
