France leads Europe in birth rates

AFP ^ | 01/13/09 | AFP

[EDINVA]

That’s still 4.5M French Muslims, or Muslims living in France. I’m thinking they account for a disproportionate % of the new borns.

[EDINVA]

Looks like she should be on Fox News

[Clemenza]

French women are highly overrated. The most attractive women in France are ironically those of North African ancestry. English and Irish women are, IMHO, the least attractive in Europe (ducks).

Southern Spaniards, Catalans, Italians from all regions, Poles, and even Hungarians are far more attractive than zee French women.

[Clemenza]

Most of the better looking women in London are not English.

Besides, in addition to being a-s ugly, most Englishwomen are rude, feministic, and skanky. Very ugly, inside and out.

[stefanbatory]

they are instead Polish...:D

[JDW11235]

Actually, I hate to burst the bubble, but I have been looking, and although I cannot find the list, it is a requirement in France to choose a baby name from an approved list. So, the most popular names most likely indicate...nothing.

[JDW11235]

I dunno, if it is a double post or not. But again, while I cannot find the list, I have read at numerous sites that the French have an approved list of names for children (I believe around 150 in number), so the propensity of those top ten names very likely means nothing.

[JDW11235]

That is correct. The names must be on the list so as to not allow children to make fun of. I wonder how many of those Maries and such are bearing male Muslim middle names from their fathers. Also, if they have more than one wife, they may be multiplying far faster than people are willing to admit. I have read articles that say many, many Native French are having no children, as well as friends who were living there who gave anecdotal evidence. It would be interesting to see what the growth rate of Muslims has been, and over just what period of time...

[dangus]

Birth rate of France: 2.02
Birth rate of Algeria, where the largest number of French Muslims are from: 1.82
Birth rate of Tunisia: 1.73

[Cronos]

can you say Rachida Dati?

[Cronos]

[Cronos]

And, from the Ukraine, we have

[the_devils_advocate_666]

All these posts about % of Muslim births vs. native French while I find this fact to be even more telling, regardless: “Some 52 percent of newborns were born to unmarried couples in 2008”