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Europeans are not replacing themselves

The Independent:

A drastic slump in birth rates combined with an ageing population will undermine Europe's prosperity within the next 20 years unless life is made easier for parents and immigration is encouraged, according to a European Commission report.

The document published yesterday points to a demographic timebomb and a widening gap between the European Union and the United States, as European workers age and birth rates lag across the continent.

The document points out that the fertility rate in Europe is "insufficient to replace the population" and adds: "Never in history has there been economic growth without population growth."

More controversially, the green paper also concludes that "ever larger migrant flows may be needed to meet the need for labour and safeguard Europe's prosperity".

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Between 2005 and 2030, the number of working-age people (between 15 and 64) will fall by 20.8 million, or 6.8 per cent, while the number of those over 65 will more than double, growing by a total of 40 million.

Britain and France are the only two big nations in which population will rise in the next half-century, and in one-third of Europe the demographic decline is already under way. By contrast, projections show the American population increasing by more than a quarter between 2000 and 2025.

It looks like the socialist have finally found a way to deal with their unemployment situation. It is not quite as dramatic as Stalin's genocide in the Ukraine, but over a longer period of time the results is the same.