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Europe needs higher fertility rates

By Dick Leonard  -  08.01.2009 / 00:00 CET
More family-friendly policies are required if Europe is to avoid a sharp population fall.

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New born Birth rates in Europe are lower than are needed to maintain current population levels. REUTERS
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The rate necessary to sustain a stable or growing population. If a disastrous decline in European population is to be avoided it can only be by taking energetic steps to bring the overall

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