Eurostat data show a natural population decrease of 1.26 million across the EU last year, with 3.56 million births and 4.82 million deaths. Nothing like this has occurred outside war, famine or plague. The scale of the loss is described as stunning and momentous yet remains barely known to the wider public. Housing affordability is identified as a contributing factor to the demographic decline. Attitudinal changes among those who will be most affected also contribute. The mortality–birth gap does not appear to be a one-off event and warrants prominent public attention.
Across the EU last year, 1.26 million more people died than were born. Nothing like this has ever happened outside of war, famine or plague. It is such a stunning and momentous figure that it should be on the front page of every newspaper and discussed on every current affairs show. Instead, the new figure, which is from Eurostat, the EU's equivalent of our Central Statistics Office, is barely known.
Housing is a factor in this worrying trend - but it's also down to attitudes among the very people who will pay the highest price Across the EU last year, 1.26 million more people died than were born. Nothing like this has ever happened outside of war, famine or plague. It is such a stunning and momentous figure that it should be on the front page of every newspaper and discussed on every current affairs show.
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