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The European Institute of a family policy predicts demographic crisis in the European Union in 2025, and calls authorities and governments of the member-countries to follow a policy, stimulating an increase of natality.
“Europe faces the reduction of natality, and from 2025 on the European Union will face negative demographic dynamicsâ€?, - as it is stated in the report of the head of the Institute Eduardo Heartfelder.
According to the experts, during 1994-2006 the natural increase of the population was 19 million persons in EU. At the same time the given demographic parameter was by 80 % provided by the immigrants.
The head of the European Institute of a family policy supposes that the increasing demographic crisis is caused by a number of socio-economic factors. In particular, the amount of abortions in Europe has increased by 30 % during the last decade: absolute leaders are Belgium and Spain where the amount of such operations has increased by 50 % during the same period.
Heartfelder has noted also the growth of divorces among Europeans: according to the statistics, on the average one divorce accounts for two marriages. The population of 27 countries of the EU is about 500 million.