Friday, March 14, 2025

Drop in EU's 2023 Birth Rates Risks Future Labor Shortage

The number of babies born in the EU was down 5.4 percent to 3.67 million in 2023, the largest drop in decades, official data showed Friday, underscoring the bloc's demographic issues.

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Those wanting to shut Europe's borders must contend with a stark demographic reality: the continent's native population is expected to fall sharply over the next century in an era of low birth rates. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int ...

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-- Europe Street News (@europestreet.bsky.social) February 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM

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... "This is the largest annual decline recorded since 1961", the first year for which EU-wide aggregate data is available, the bloc's statistical agency, Eurostat, said of the drop in births. ...

As a consequence, the bloc's population is ageing fast, and some countries face labour shortages at a time where hard-right gains have pushed many governments to crack down on migration. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-11 02:44 AM

So... as the population eligible for working to support the economy is declining, the Countries are actively reducing the number of workers available to support their economy?

My first comment is along the lines of ... huh? Please explain the rationale of this to me.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-11 02:48 AM

They really should import a lot more third world immigrants so they can create a greater permanent underclass.

#3 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-03-14 03:48 PM

They really should import a lot more third world immigrants so they can create a greater permanent underclass.

#3 | Posted by Bluewaffles

They have plenty thanks to your party blowing up the mideast and denying climate change, sending waves if migrants north into europe.

#4 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-14 04:05 PM

But the Europeans have done more to combat climate change than anyone. But that explains why when I landed in Lisbon and got off the plane I thought I was in Angola instead of Portugal.

#5 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-03-14 04:14 PM

But the Europeans have done more to combat climate change than anyone. But that explains why when I landed in Lisbon and got off the plane I thought I was in Angola instead of Portugal.

#5 | Posted by Bluewaffles

And their efforts would be more fruitful if your party of oil and brainwashed morons had done the same.

#6 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-03-14 05:54 PM

Are you saying they'd be less "diverse" than they already are now?

#7 | Posted by Bluewaffles at 2025-03-14 08:07 PM

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