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Thu 10 Oct 2008Too few births to prop up EU population
Population projections indicate our children will inherit big trouble
THE HEADLINES READ: "From 2015, deaths projected to outnumber births in the EU" and "Almost three times as many people aged 80 or more in 2060". And the source - a right wing think tank funded by Opus Dei? No, this was a news release detailing official EU statistical projections from the Eurostat Press Office to announce the publication of Eurostat, Statistics in Focus, 72/2008 Ageing Characterises the Demographic Perspectives of European Societies(which can be downloaded from Eurostat website). If the population projections in this report for the period 2008-2060 materialise, our children will inherit big trouble.
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