Greek Demographic Problem

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Editorial Ta Nea: Demographic crisis

The focus of government measures must be new parents, particularly mothers, and practical reforms that will encourage the creation of new families.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Contributing to society

Projections indicate that by 2100 the EU will have 30 million fewer citizens and that it will likely not have enough workers for its hospitals, hotels, and factories. Hence, states will not easily come up with the funds needed to pay pensions.

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Guilt trips will not solve the demographic problem

The demographic problem does not concern only women. It equally concerns men and it has social and economic ramifications. It is a problem for almost the entire Western world.

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Anachronistic views of fertility and Greece’s demographic problem

A greater problem was the content of the cancelled conference and how it was organised. The discussion urged women not to let time fly because their reproductive clock is ticking.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Alarm

Can citizens work until age 70 to support themselves? Can people at this age participate in the production process as if they were 10 or twenty years younger?

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Editorial Ta Nea: Timebomb

The demographic problem is vital and existential, as the population is shrinking every year and half the population, the workforce, must support the other half, which is comprised of retirees.