Having children has to be cool again. Political pressure will not make anyone give birth
Birth rates around the world are plummeting and the once-proven recipes of European states stopped working long ago. Here is why.
Population decline
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Born into war: How Ukraine’s demographic crisis became a catastrophe
Ukraine had a demographic problem even before Russia’s full-scale invasion — but the war is turning a crisis into a catastrophe.
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Poland’s demographic crisis: a growing security threat for Nato eastern flank
Poland is widely viewed as a model Nato ally, being on track to spend nearly five percent of its GDP on defence. But behind this robust image lies a deep structural vulnerability that could undermine the country’s defence posture in the decades ahead: demographics. Here’s why.
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EU facing a shrinking population and major east-to-west migration
The recent influx of Ukrainian war refugees has deepened the longer-term exodus from eastern Europe — both from EU member states and candidate countries. With most migration flows benefiting western Europe, is the European Union prepared to confront growing regional imbalances amid an overall population decline?
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EU set to shrink after 2026 as demographic gaps widen
Lithuania and Latvia are on track to lose over 20 times the number of people per 1,000 residents compared to the EU average, according to fresh analysis of Eurostat data by Bruegel.