Europe’s demographic conundrum

A demographic time bomb is ticking down across Europe. Longer life expectancy and falling birth rates are projected to cause widespread labour shortages in the not too distant future, with dire outcomes for the region’s economies, reports Hartley Milner.THRUST DEFIANTLY skywards, a protester’s placard evokes a bloody episode from France’s past. It depicts President Emmanuel Macron as the French monarch Louis XVI with the slogan “Devrions-nous lui couper la tête? Oui