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Old Posted Jun 30, 2015, 9:49 PM
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Where the population of Europe is growing – and where it’s declining

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Following on from Fern’s post (#440) the UK is certainly experiencing strong population growth, and I would not be surprised if this year tops the previous record set in 2011.

What is crazy as well is the continued growth of London: up 122,146 in a single year. Over the decade to mid-2014, London, the South East and East saw combined population growth of 2.4mn.


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Wow, if this trend continues, the UK will be clearly surpassing France in population, even including all its overseas territories, the UK could have more population than France in a few years
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Where the population of Europe is growing – and where it’s declining

http://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/euro...52.11/16.44/en
I can´t figure out if this is about natural change or if it also considers migration, and if it´s a proyection or it´s a retrospective information
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Um, I feel like we still need the Germans, and even more than we ever did before. So it's kind of worrying to see them going fewer and fewer at this rate.
Again, there's still that good old effective solution in that matter: nurseries funded by municipalities. It kinda works here, so why not out there?
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Do any of the French forumers know where to access income data for Paris and region? I'm particularly interested in maps/visuals (for instance, household income by arrondissement). Thanks!
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Um, I feel like we still need the Germans, and even more than we ever did before. So it's kind of worrying to see them going fewer and fewer at this rate.
Again, there's still that good old effective solution in that matter: nurseries funded by municipalities. It kinda works here, so why not out there?
Germany needs cultural change to make more babies; they already provide generous subsidies and Kindergeld.
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http://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/euro...52.11/16.44/en

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Germany needs cultural change to make more babies; they already provide generous subsidies and Kindergeld.
Imo, they´re not as generous as France and their generosity started recently, it could take time till society accepts nurses in daycare institutions but anyway, they´ll have to be more generous if they don´t want to see their country becoming a whole different society in only a few decades
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I was very surprised the 1st time I heard of this. The basic problem in Germany is some sort of little sexism combined to a certain notion of parenting. The latter is the key issue here. I think that's what Crawford is alluding to. In the German lifestyle, a young mother shouldn't be working. They're supposed to stay home to take care of their little kids. Once kids are teens, they may work without being called unfit, neglectful mothers. It can't work in contemporary society. Many young women would rather care about their careers and say - we'll see about kids later.

They only need to learn how to rely on nurseries while they're at work, then this particular problem would be solved. I know some mean French would say - ha ha, we'll soon be the largest population of Western Europe. The smarter point is the Germans are actually quite helpful, eh. It's no secret here. So we have no interest in seeing their population declining.
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I was very surprised the 1st time I heard of this. The basic problem in Germany is some sort of little sexism combined to a certain notion of parenting. The latter is the key issue here. I think that's what Crawford is alluding to. In the German lifestyle, a young mother shouldn't be working. They're supposed to stay home to take care of their little kids. Once kids are teens, they may work without being called unfit, neglectful mothers. It can't work in contemporary society. Many young women would rather care about their careers and say - we'll see about kids later.
This phenomenon is called "Rabenmutter". It's a very bad insult to working mothers. In German society it's still ingrained that, because motherhood is a choice, once you make such a choice, family, not work, is the priority, or you're neglecting your kids.

So, yes, benefits for German mothers will have to increase, but that is not the main issue. The US and UK have limited benefits for mothers compared to Germany, yet they both have birthrates like those of the French.
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They only need to learn how to rely on nurseries while they're at work, then this particular problem would be solved. I know some mean French would say - ha ha, we'll soon be the largest population of Western Europe. The smarter point is the Germans are actually quite helpful, eh. It's no secret here. So we have no interest in seeing their population declining.
I actually think that France has a brighter future than Germany. Yes, Germany has the better economy right now, and probably slightly higher quality of life, but I think long-term trends favor the French.

For one, the French don't need immigrants; Germany does. And Germany needs TONS of immigrants just to have a stable population. You see lots of kids on the streets of French cities, and not just Arabs or immigrants/children of immigrants. In contrast, Germany may have to choose between identity and prosperity. In the big German cities already 70%+ of school-age children are immigrants or children of immigrants.

And second, the French have clung to their native culture tighter than the Germans. Along with high native birthrates, this means that French society and cultural norms can continue into the indefinite future. I think this, in the long-run, will be more beneficial, as French culture has so much to offer the world. Germans are more globalist in outlook, which I think harms some of their cultural attributes (especially the Protestant sacrifice, thrift and modesty).
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I actually think that France has a brighter future than Germany. Yes, Germany has the better economy right now, and probably slightly higher quality of life, but I think long-term trends favor the French.

For one, the French don't need immigrants; Germany does. And Germany needs TONS of immigrants just to have a stable population. You see lots of kids on the streets of French cities, and not just Arabs or immigrants/children of immigrants. In contrast, Germany may have to choose between identity and prosperity. In the big German cities already 70%+ of school-age children are immigrants or children of immigrants.
I don´t quite agree, I´m really not a France fan like some in this forum, furthermore not an Eurozone fan either, I think between France and Germany would be a close tie in the long term, but I really doubt Germany will give up its marginal economic advantage in Europe just because its low fertility. France might have high fertility now but that situation might not last forever, the same goes for Germany´s low fertility. On the other hand, Germany is, despite all its problems, more successful attracting and integrating high numbers of immigrants than France, where you have no go ghetos surrounding its big cities (have you walked through those streets too?), much of its population covert immigrants from France overseas territories, not nececsarily culturally related to France


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And second, the French have clung to their native culture tighter than the Germans. Along with high native birthrates, this means that French society and cultural norms can continue into the indefinite future. I think this, in the long-run, will be more beneficial, as French culture has so much to offer the world. Germans are more globalist in outlook, which I think harms some of their cultural attributes (especially the Protestant sacrifice, thrift and modesty).
That´s not necessarily an advantage, a changing culture is also an expresion of innovation and success, many immigrants from east europe or elswhere go to west europe to find a better future, better education and to contribute to the economy, if a culture/society is not able to attract them and only has one thing to offer, that´s a limitation
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Old Posted Jul 9, 2015, 6:07 PM
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I´m really not a France fan
Hell, why do you even bother saying it? We had noticed yet anyway. I'll tell you what, I'm no real UK fan either. Too much of hypocritically hidden grit over there. I'd rather pick Switzerland, where they train workers to be the most skilled in the world instead of despising them, as my role model.

The greater amount of teens we'd get in colleges, the more unemployed.

That's an amazingly provocative Swiss saying. And it works fine over there. Better than at yours or mine. Their industry's the finest quality worldwide. Switzerland is worth watching. While some others only predictable...
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On the other hand, Germany is, despite all its problems, more successful attracting and integrating high numbers of immigrants than France, where you have no go ghetos surrounding its big cities (have you walked through those streets too?), much of its population covert immigrants from France overseas territories, not nececsarily culturally related to France.
While there are no "ghettos" in Germany, I would say that the segregation in German cities isn't that different than in France. Immigrants and non-Germans tend to cluster in deprived outer neighborhoods and in housing projects (and housing projects in Germany are often referred to in a racist manner which I won't repeat).

And I have walked through St. Denis and other rougher immigrant areas in the Paris region. They aren't exactly "nice", but are not that bad overall. The media likes to exaggerate when they see black and brown people.

The one difference I have noticed is that there is more "order" in German immigrant hoods (so, for example, tons of people in St. Denis will be jumping over/under the Metro entrance or there may be more littering; in Germany petty disorder is less obvious than in France). And, of course, Germany and France don't have similar immigrant populations overall, so that could play a role.
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Hell, why do you even bother saying it? We had noticed yet anyway. I'll tell you what, I'm no real UK fan either. Too much of hypocritically hidden grit over there. I'd rather pick Switzerland, where they train workers to be the most skilled in the world instead of despising them, as my role model.

The greater amount of teens we'd get in colleges, the more unemployed.

That's an amazingly provocative Swiss saying. And it works fine over there. Better than at yours or mine. Their industry's the finest quality worldwide. Switzerland is worth watching. While some others only predictable...
The Eurozone is not like Switzerland, that´s why the UK stays away from it. An economic union, makes sense, but a union in which its countries and

their own different cultures are always trying to break the rules, blaming the others for their misfortunes and prioritizing their interests over

the common welfare, that doesn´t look very promising.
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While there are no "ghettos" in Germany, I would say that the segregation in German cities isn't that different than in France. Immigrants and non-Germans tend to cluster in deprived outer neighborhoods and in housing projects (and housing projects in Germany are often referred to in a racist manner which I won't repeat).

And I have walked through St. Denis and other rougher immigrant areas in the Paris region. They aren't exactly "nice", but are not that bad overall. The media likes to exaggerate when they see black and brown people.

The one difference I have noticed is that there is more "order" in German immigrant hoods (so, for example, tons of people in St. Denis will be jumping over/under the Metro entrance or there may be more littering; in Germany petty disorder is less obvious than in France). And, of course, Germany and France don't have similar immigrant populations overall, so that could play a role.
Disagree, the situation in german and french or even UK cities is not similar, both have segregation, german "Problembezirke" are not as massive and dangerous as french "Banlieues" though, some are even in the process of gentrification. I don´t have to tell you my experiences or media sources, we are in 2015, you and anyone can google difficult places in each country and take a streetview-tour of them for yourselves, maybe Neukölln, Kreuzberg or Neuperlach and then Clichy-sous-Bois, Les Izards or St. Denis, I struggled to detect some "segregation" signs in the german neighbourhoods while in the french ones, this was evident everywhere even indigence was evident in some places.

Fertility rates is not the only factor to judge the future, other factors like quality of education, immigration and its integration in the society are also very important. Of course this problem affects all big countries in Europe, but I think in France it´s worse, maybe because of the bad economic situation or maybe mismanagement. Media exaggeration can´t account for riotings every now and then in french suburbs, and widespread voters response to xenophobic movements.
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^ France is still paying a little bit for it's hypocrisy and massive deception from the past. It's still hard for some African immigrants, especially the less successful of them coming from the most corrupted and impoverished countries to forgive a country whose motto famously promises "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" while having been a racist colonial power. The Germans will never have to face that kind of challenges, that makes a difference.

Besides, massive immigration from other continents is something more recent in Germany, whereas it began in the 1950s over here, due to our connections to former colonies. We've had to deal with millions of immigrants from remote countries and real exotic cultures for longer.

That said, France has been widely redeveloping its roughest suburbs, and you see more and more French people born to Afro immigrants who're normally integrated to business, now. So your segregation stories are getting a little outdated. Things are changing over the course of time, right?
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I was very surprised the 1st time I heard of this. The basic problem in Germany is some sort of little sexism combined to a certain notion of parenting. The latter is the key issue here. I think that's what Crawford is alluding to. In the German lifestyle, a young mother shouldn't be working. They're supposed to stay home to take care of their little kids. Once kids are teens, they may work without being called unfit, neglectful mothers. It can't work in contemporary society. Many young women would rather care about their careers and say - we'll see about kids later.

They only need to learn how to rely on nurseries while they're at work, then this particular problem would be solved. I know some mean French would say - ha ha, we'll soon be the largest population of Western Europe. The smarter point is the Germans are actually quite helpful, eh. It's no secret here. So we have no interest in seeing their population declining.
This seems to be the preferred explanation of the moment among demographers, but I'm not convinced. For one, Germany has the second highest overall female labor participation rate among G7 countries and an average maternal employment rate (higher than the US and about the same as the UK). Moreover, working mothers have been the norm in East Germany since long before anywhere in Western Europe or North America, yet birth rates there are no higher than in West German states. Similarly, Austria has one of the highest maternal activity rates in the world, but its fertility rate is nearly as low as Germany's.

There is a strong 'naturalist' undercurrent in West Germany that might explain why parents are reluctant to leave their children at childcare centers all day, but again, sociocultural norms and attitudes with regard to child rearing/parenthood in English-speaking countries are much more similar to those of (West) Germans than to those of the French, yet their fertility rates are closer to the latter.

Germany has become something of a laboratory for demographic/immigration policies and dealing with an aging workforce. It should be noted that fertility rates of non-immigrant Canadians or white Americans, for instance, aren't all that much higher than those of Germans (France seems to be an exception in this regard). What makes Germany's problems more acute, however, is that its immigrants have similarly low fertility rates as the native population and that fertility rates have been consistently low for longer than other countries, so that the shift in its age structure is more advanced.
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It's also interesting to note, lots of married couples in France are already mixed-race. I witnessed it countless times in my lifetime, and just right now. One of my neighbors is a smiling black firefighter hanging out with a blond chick. No one cares over here, people don't even mind. This is another difference, too.
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I don´t have to tell you my experiences or media sources, we are in 2015, you and anyone can google difficult places in each country and take a streetview-tour of them for yourselves, maybe Neukölln, Kreuzberg or Neuperlach and then Clichy-sous-Bois, Les Izards or St. Denis, I struggled to detect some "segregation" signs in the german neighbourhoods while in the french ones, this was evident everywhere even indigence was evident in some places.
Those aren't remotely equivalent neighborhoods. Neukölln and Kreuzberg are gentrified inner-city neighborhoods filled with young German professionals. Les Izards and St. Denis are deprived suburban neighborhood filled with immigrants.

If you compare apples to apples (so Kreuzberg to anywhere in East Paris, or Neuperlach (Munich) to St. Denis), you will see they are quite similar. In both Kreuzberg and anywhere in Paris east of the center, you will see former immigrant areas filled with young professionals. Similarly, in Neuperlach and St. Denis you will see poor 90% immigrant areas filled with non-Europeans.
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