Demographic change
European Demography report 2010 from Eurostat and the European Commission
June 2011
The European Commission and Eurostat have published a joint report on the EU's demographic picture. This report provides the latest facts and data compiled at national or European level, and thus gives an overview of the current situation, future challenges and possible options for tackling them.
 | The report confirms previous trends and projections regarding the European labour market: by 2014 the working age population (20-64) will start to shrink due to retirement of baby-boomers. Furthermore, the working age population is ageing because of low fertility rates of eighties and nineties. Therefore, the report underlines that migration flows could be a temporary solution to respond to the shortage and the ageing of workforce (migration already accounts for the largest share of the EU's population growth). National and European policies which focus on enabling older workers to remain active and productive are more than ever necessary to efficiently address challenges that the European labour market is facing. Immigrants must also have the opportunity to fully contribute to the labour market and using their education background. |