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Demography, labour markets and social policies ![[pdf]](../img/icon_pdf.gif){kind=icon}
By Katerina Rüdiger
Policy Brief 11/2006 • European Policy Center • www.epc.eu • 2006
The term ‘old Europe’ was, of course, first used disparagingly by former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to describe the countries which opposed the invasion of Iraq. But it could also be employed, much more aptly, to describe the changing demographic landscape in Europe.
Europe’s population is ageing rapidly, and not just in the EU-15. The Central and Eastern European countries which joined the EU in 2004 are also experiencing a sharp population decline caused by a combination of low birth rates, a lack of immigration and the migration of younger adults to Western Europe.
Read more: http://www.epc.eu/TEWN/pdf/459941447_Ageing Policy Brief.pdf
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