How can the future of Europe be imagined? What are threats to European democracy, and what should we pay attention to? De Balie asked five writers to envision the future of Europe. Whilst looking at the past writers from all over Europe predict the present in a letter on democracy. The first letter was drafted by Arnon Grunberg (published in NRC) and writers Oksana Zabuzhko, Lana Bastašić, Kamel Daoud and Zia Haider Rahman reacted with theirs. During the programme, Grunberg led the conversation about the Europe that lies ahead of us and the role of the writer in it.