There is a growing fear as a result of the data provided by the European Commission, they indicate that in 2050 the number of people over 80 will triple and those between 60 and 79 will represent a quarter of the European population. This worrisome data shows the need to rejuvenate the European population in order to present adequate population growth.
The German government, in fear of European aging wishes to promote the call, European Families Alliance, a platform that will disseminate different political measures to promote European birth. This is a plan that aims to tackle European demographic aging through various grants provided to parents through the governments that make up the European Community. The figures indicate the need to take urgent measures, this is the conclusion reached by the attendees of the I European Forum on the Demographic Future that was held at the end of 2006. With a birth rate of 1.5 children per woman currently , the European Commissioner for Economic Affairs of the European Community warns us that it is a time bomb that will seriously affect the proper functioning of a country, affecting the economy, politics, education, etc.
It is necessary to increase the birth rate to an average of 2.1 to guarantee the renewal of the population, the lack of young population is an issue that is already on the European working table, some countries like Germany have already started with different initiatives to Boost birth through various financial aids. We talked about this recently in Babies and more with the post, Germany: delaying the delivery has a prize, we also commented on this measure for the possible problems that could cause the future baby in, Delaying the delivery to benefit from subsidies.
Recovering European generational stability will be an arduous and long work, we do not believe that aid during the first year or for two years will be an effective measure, since when the aid ends the problems will return to the forefront. An adequate help would be to provide stable work with adequate incomes that allow the support of a family during their journey through life, to find solutions to make housing accessible to everyone, in fact high mortgages in most cases prohibit procreation. .
