EU won't have enough young people to care for the old
As anti-life politics and culture take a deep hold across Europe, and the loss of Christian hope makes people more self-focused, birth rates in country after country are falling, endangering economic prosperity.
The EU average is now 1.55 children born for every woman of childbearing age, far below the replacement rate of 2.1 children. Without the massive immigration that has taken place in the bloc the crisis would be far deeper.
In Spain the figure has fallen to a mere 1.27, so that the population has been shrinking for the past six years.
“We have provinces in Spain where for every baby born, more than two people die. And the ratio is moving closer to one birth to three deaths,” Spanish business consultant Alejandro Macarrón told the UK's Observer.
Europe now desperately needs more young people to run its health services, populate its rural areas and look after its elderly because, increasingly, its societies are no longer self-sustaining.
Macarrón criticised the reluctance of Spanish authorities to address what he calls a direct threat to economic growth as well as pensions, healthcare and social services.
“Most people think we’re talking about something that will be a problem in 50 years, but we’re already seeing part of the problem,” he said. “If current numbers hold, every new generation of Spaniards will be 40% smaller than the previous one.”
With Portugal's population shrinking for the past eight years there are fears it could drop from 10.5 million to 6.3 million by 2060. “We’ve got really serious problems,” said prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
The EU estimates that by 2050, Portugal will be the country in Europe that is home to the smallest proportion of children, with just 1 in 10 of the population under the age of 15. Toy shops and hundreds of schools are already closing while petrol stations and motels are being converted into nursing homes.
Germany meantime has the lowest birthrate in the world and is only surviving thanks to the migrants who have flooded into the country.
In Italy almost one in five of the population will be aged 65 or over by 2050, up from 2.7% in 2014.
The population collapse will have major political implications, giving the elderly overwhelming power and shaping the political agenda to suit their needs and demands.
Galicia in north-west Spain is one of the few regions in the EU attempting to tackle the problem.
More than 1,500 villages there, once with schools full of children and businesses flourishing – now sit abandoned and overgrown with weeds.
Radio advertisements are encouraging women to have more children and home and transport subsidies are available for families. But officials still fear that the region's population will fall by one third in the next 40 years.
Across vast areas of the EU, many communities are disappearing and the social burden on the young is becoming unsustainable. Yet politicians and media continue with their despairing, insane anti-life agenda.
The EU average is now 1.55 children born for every woman of childbearing age, far below the replacement rate of 2.1 children. Without the massive immigration that has taken place in the bloc the crisis would be far deeper.
In Spain the figure has fallen to a mere 1.27, so that the population has been shrinking for the past six years.
“We have provinces in Spain where for every baby born, more than two people die. And the ratio is moving closer to one birth to three deaths,” Spanish business consultant Alejandro Macarrón told the UK's Observer.
Europe now desperately needs more young people to run its health services, populate its rural areas and look after its elderly because, increasingly, its societies are no longer self-sustaining.
Macarrón criticised the reluctance of Spanish authorities to address what he calls a direct threat to economic growth as well as pensions, healthcare and social services.
“Most people think we’re talking about something that will be a problem in 50 years, but we’re already seeing part of the problem,” he said. “If current numbers hold, every new generation of Spaniards will be 40% smaller than the previous one.”
With Portugal's population shrinking for the past eight years there are fears it could drop from 10.5 million to 6.3 million by 2060. “We’ve got really serious problems,” said prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
The EU estimates that by 2050, Portugal will be the country in Europe that is home to the smallest proportion of children, with just 1 in 10 of the population under the age of 15. Toy shops and hundreds of schools are already closing while petrol stations and motels are being converted into nursing homes.
Germany meantime has the lowest birthrate in the world and is only surviving thanks to the migrants who have flooded into the country.
In Italy almost one in five of the population will be aged 65 or over by 2050, up from 2.7% in 2014.
The population collapse will have major political implications, giving the elderly overwhelming power and shaping the political agenda to suit their needs and demands.
Galicia in north-west Spain is one of the few regions in the EU attempting to tackle the problem.
More than 1,500 villages there, once with schools full of children and businesses flourishing – now sit abandoned and overgrown with weeds.
Radio advertisements are encouraging women to have more children and home and transport subsidies are available for families. But officials still fear that the region's population will fall by one third in the next 40 years.
Across vast areas of the EU, many communities are disappearing and the social burden on the young is becoming unsustainable. Yet politicians and media continue with their despairing, insane anti-life agenda.