The disappearance of the social democrats
A shortage of Germans
United Germany is not a child-friendly country, although its government has promised to try to change the cultural climate to make it that way. The birth rate is at an all-time low, yet Germans are wary of becoming a state of immigrants this century. Something must give, and soon.
by Michel Verrier
AMONG the demographic problems facing most European countries, population decline in Germany is extreme. Its low birth rate may have far-reaching and dramatic consequences for the country’s future.
Each woman in Germany had an average of 2.03 children in 1970. This fell to 1.56 in 1980 and (...)
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