13.4.2021
Donald Trump resigns. Five months after the controversial re-election in November 2020, Trump has to resign due to health problems. The last tweet of the most unpopular head of state in US history: “It’s snowing and extremely cold in New York. – We need global warming.”

24.3.2024
EU vote in Switzerland. Swiss trade unions are fighting alongside the SVP against accession to the EU, SECO gives the go-ahead to vote. The lack of a majority of members prevents the initiative from being adopted.

23.6.2026
EEA divides EU. Exactly 10 years after the brexite vote, the expansion of the European Economic Area is announced under the leadership of Great Britain: The Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Sweden and Denmark join immediately – the rest of the EU is deeply divided and discusses options for reform.

15.10.2029
Cancer beaten. Based on the work of a team of researchers from the universities of Kyoto and Basel, Bristol-Roche succeeds in finally defeating cancer. Europe’s life expectancy increases by 10 years.

13.4.2031
SBB is unable to operate. On Easter Sunday, a hacker attack paralyses all rail traffic in Switzerland for 16 days. Enormous damage to the economy. A group of secondary school students from Chur is identified as the perpetrator.

25.7.2034
Gold Federer. Two days after their 25th birthday, the twins Charlene and Myla Federer win the tennis doubles at the Senegal Olympics.

26.11.2035
Virtual meetings thanks to hologram. ABB is revolutionizing the business world Business meetings and political meetings as lively interaction around the globe.

10.12.2036
99% fewer car accidents. In Switzerland, only cars that drive autonomously are allowed. The number of accidents involving personal injury falls from 22,300 to 220 p.a. Vehicle manufacturers pay the insurance premiums.

7.12.2039
No more SVP seat in the Federal Council. Shikha Bedi is the last SVP representative to leave the Federal Council. The party’s share of the vote has fallen to below 5% throughout Switzerland.

19.5.2041
Health initiative rejected. The proposal to only carry out operations if the operation is worthwhile on the basis of age, general state of health and prognosis of success is rejected. 66% of the Swiss receive subsidies for health insurance premiums.

1.4.2043
Pension plan collapsed. In France, all pensioners will have their pensions reduced by 45% retroactively to the beginning of the year. As a result, thousands of elderly people are leaving France to spend their retirement in the Ivory Coast, Guinea and Mali.

9.10.2044
Away from quantitative growth. The Austrian Günther Chaloupek wins the Nobel Prize for the development of alternative economic models in the context of a shrinking world population.

5.2.2046
Finad goes public. The share is listed on the stock exchange in time for its 70th birthday – multiple oversubscription. Partners retain majority.

31.3.2047
Peak reached. The population has peaked at 9.1 billion inhabitants and is beginning to shrink sustainably. The global average age is 93 years, in Switzerland 104.

12.9.2049
More plastic waste than fish. A UNO research project has found that there is more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans by weight.