Posted on 04/09/2005 12:39:12 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy
The population of the European Union will fall dramatically by 2050, even allowing for the arrival of millions of immigrants, an official survey reported yesterday.
Deaths would begin to outnumber births across the EU in the next five years, it predicted.
A collapse in childbirth rates and increased emigration has already caused populations to start shrinking in several of the former communist countries of eastern and central Europe that joined the EU last year.
The survey by the EU's statistics agency, Eurostat, showed that by 2013 the population of Italy would start to fall, joined a year later by Germany and Slovenia and, in 2018, by Portugal.
The population of Britain will continue to grow, peaking in 2040, followed by 10 years of gentle decline. Eurostat estimates that, by 2050, the population will be 64.3 million, compared with 59.6 million today.
Overall, the total population of the EU is expected to rise by more than 13 million between now and 2025, although after 2010 that increase will be entirely the result of immigration.
By 2025, even net migration will not be able to counteract the falling fertility of the continent and by 2050 the population of the EU will be 450 million, a decrease of more than 20 million people from the peak.
There are rare exceptions: the populations of Ireland, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta and Sweden will continue to grow even after 2050, the survey says.
The research was commissioned to try to estimate the scale of the pensions crisis that Europe will face as its population ages dramatically.
Most governments fund retirement benefits from the taxes paid by those in employment and that system will come under intolerable strain as Europe becomes greyer.
Some countries, such as Spain and Italy, face having one in three citizens over retirement age.
The European Commission said it would be sending the data to national governments in the hope of urging them to carry out vital reforms.
Some countries have ducked serious reforms. Far from reforming, France, for example, has increased its pensions burdens, bowing to pressure to lower the retirement age for certain professions and trades, such as lorry drivers, after protests and industrial action.
The fact that Sweden is one of the rare exceptions (along with Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, and Cyprus) is, contrary to what many may think, due to our muslim immigrants. Fertile as they may be they are still a small minority. No, the fact that the Swedish birth numbers haven't fallen so drastically have other more complex reasons.
It probably has to do with the timing of the integration of women in the labour market (earlier than in most European countries), the availability of child care etc, etc.
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The fact that Sweden is one of the rare exceptions (along with Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, and Cyprus) is, contrary to what many may think, NOT due to our muslim immigrants.
Dead continent walking.
Some people remember the 1930's
Sweden will become a Muslim Country.
Advice to Europeans: Have babies. Sacrifice the hedonistic, childless, pleasure-chasing existence that characterizes young European couples in favor of one that will pay dividends for generations. Marry within your own culture -- if you think it's worth preserving, that is.
With our present crop of "pols" - yes.
But I'm the eternal optimist and believe that things will change.
Yes... What are the population predictions for the States? As I understand, it is to only go up here for all of the forseeable future, right? And what factors contribute to our rise in population? And is a rise in population over a period of time necessarily desirable? As I understand, Europe contains over a BILLION people. If it was one country, in density it would exceed most. Perhaps it is not a bad thing.
Well, I hope you do more than just beliveing and do something to bring change. I've been to Malmo. I hope its not the future of Sweden.
america presently has 300 million citizents the E.U. about 420 million. American are set to increase to about 450 million toward the middle of the century.
UESR will collapse through the non-signing of their thousand-page constitution.
better
EUSSR
Your last question really captures the problem: These people have been indoctrinated since pre-school that their nations and culture are not worth preserving. Even worse, they've been taught that their culture is responsible for all of the evil in the world. That's why they must embrace the "other" - the "noble savages" and allow them en masse into their own homelands.
In Malmo, Sweden - a city overrun with Muslim criminal gangs, the local ERs refused to install metal detectors at the entraces because it might be perceived as an 'agressive act' by the local jihadis. It's end-stage liberalism - total suicidal nihilism. The Euros have rejected God, and chosen death over life. Do not gloat - instead look on in horror and dread, America. You are not that far behind on the road into the abyss. The same nihilistic worldview that is now destroying the ancient nations of Europe is busily metastizing its way through this nation as well.
Reasons for this:
1. Sweedish women are more beautiful
2. Sweedish women bath regularly
3. Sweedish women shave their armpits.
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