It's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hu. The pandemic, climate change, human rights violations.

We are in a challenging time for the world with problems that cross all national borders.

Political activist Colom-Con Salvador says the only way to meet these challenges is to collaborate across borders.

In today's talk from TED 2020, she presses her case for why coming together is not just the right thing to do,

but the smart one and her fresh framework that could guide the way.

For years, I have been working on a simple idea. For humanity to take its next leap ahead,

we need to work together across borders to solve global issues. In the modern world, no world

or border can protect us from crisis. We have no other choice but to unite. And we need to do it fast.

In 2016, I was devastated by the UK's decision to leave the European Union.

I'm French, and for me, the EU is a symbol of a more open and global society.

But suddenly, my beliefs were shattered, and I wasn't a lot in feeling this way.

My partner, Andrea, who is Italian, and Damien, a German friend, also felt the shock of seeing

the world turning inward.

We realized that despite being from three different countries, we witnessed the same challenges,

migration flows being dealt with in an inhuman manner, climate change or high youth unemployment.

And we also had the same hopes and dreams in our everyday lives. We also realized that to

European issues, the outdated model of always footing national interests first had to go. So we decided

to act. For a few months, we worked on the idea of launching vote, the first pan-European political

movement.

And then naturally, we told our Facebook friends.

And a lot of them responded, saying they were up for the challenge and wanted to help.

People started holding small community meetings in parks, universities and pubs to discuss their

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