Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Will anyone recognize Europe in 25 years?


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Are you planning a trip to Europe?  Let me make a suggestion. 

Take a lot of pictures. 

Say hello to a lot of Europeans. 

Save the pictures and show them to your grandchildren. 

Why? You are witnessing the change of a continent.

The statistics are stunning:   
Europe's population is overall increasing by a very small amount.  Beatrice Lorenzin made her comments after the news that the country's birth rate - 8.4 per 1,000 people - is its lowest since the foundation of the modern state in 1861. 
"We are at the threshold where people who die are not being replaced by newborns. That means we are a dying country."
Are you going to Europe? Take a lot of photos so that you can show your grandchildren what Europe used to look like.
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