Europe is aging

By: Daniel Desesquelle

If the world population continues to grow, it is aging and Europe is on the front line. The steady increase in life expectancy implies an aging population and the declining demography will translate from 2021 into a decrease in the population in Europe. What economic, social, migratory and geostrategic consequences?

Publicity

With:
- Hervé le Bras , demographer, emeritus researcher at INED (National Institute for Demographic Studies). His latest book, Feeling bad in a France that is doing well , published by Aube.
- Marc-Olivier Padis , director of studies for the Terra Nova foundation
- Nicolas Menet , sociologist, expert on the aging society and general manager of the Silver Valley national cluster. Editorial director of the book Le grand livre de la longevité ”published by Eyrolles.
- Mathias Lerch , researcher at the Max Planck Institute for demographic research. Rostock online.

With Sasha Mitchell of Courrier International.

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