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Demographic decline: Greece faces alarming population collapse
Empty villages, disillusioned young workers, and government officials scrambling for solutions: this is the stark reality Euronews uncovered in Greece, where the country is bracing for a major population collapse fuelled by plummeting numbers of births, mass emigration, and low fertility rates. #EuronewsWitness
Empty villages, disillusioned young workers, and government officials scrambling for solutions: this is the stark reality Euronews uncovered in Greece, where the country is bracing for a major population collapse fuelled by plummeting numbers of births, mass emigration, and low fertility rates. In Chios, an island of 50.000 residents in the Northern Aegean Sea, Euronews spoke with Mary and Nikos, a couple in their early thirties who left Greece for the United States two years ago, and only visit occasionally for holidays. Greek economist Nikos Vettas highlights the economic consequences of this demographic shift, which puts additional pressure on Greece’s pension system and healthcare services: “The main problem is that you are going to have a smaller number of people who are working.
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