In 2024
The European Union may experience a turning point in its history due to the expected population decline, which, according to UN forecasts, will reach 448 million people. This negative phenomenon, which has been reflected during peacetime, has become a subject of discussion and concern for many experts and journalists.
According to the Financial Times
The pandemic and the changing demographic trends caused by migration from Ukraine led to a temporary increase in the EU population in 2022. Last year brought an unusually low birth rate, prompting reflections on the continent’s future.
In many EU countries
The birth rate remains low, putting economic and geopolitical prospects of the bloc at risk. This stimulates the search for new demographic policy strategies, which are currently complex and insufficiently effective.
Joint efforts by EU countries
and a rethinking of existing strategies can ensure stability for the bloc during demographic challenges.
