What is the future for Europe?

[Overlag]

Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
But Europeans arent starving, not even the poorest one. Yet population is declining...

population control is a GOOD thing

having babies replace the old at a equal rate is what everyone should hope for....most problems in the world are due to overpopulation. Countries "wishing" for population booms are trying to solve problems the easy way. You know in Japan you get charged if you have more than one baby? (err i remember that being true, but i cant find any source on that now so maybe its changed....)

And right now the UK is at bursting point. id hate to have anything like a 40% increase that you lot think is so great.

The more people the world has, the more money you have to spend to keep them here its a equal effect, you dont GAIN anything from increased population, but then america unimployment rate is terrible right? why have more people if you cant get jobs for them? lol

[demaw1]

Cpxxx, I am drawing a blank on acw I know what it is just cant bring it to mind.  You kinda forgot France, Italy, Romania, Austria,Balkins,Hungary ,Poland ,I am sure I forgot some from ww1, Anywhay that is enough. Believe me you dont want to go back more than 200 years. Basically europe.

   Soon Europe will be one, and those countries that wont agree will be no more. Its as easy to see as looking back at 1932.

 I am not in on the population debate ,as I said before Soon  Europe will play a huge part in geo-politics. I wouldnt be a bit suprised if the muslim played a large role in europe.

 Cant be American civil war ,europe play only a little bitty tinnie part in that.

[_Schadenfreude_]

Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Just saw on CNN.

A new study predicts that the worlds polulation will go up by 45% by 2050..

Asia will increase by 39%.

The  USA alone will increase by 43%.

Europe will decrease by 8%.

What is Europe going to do with such a dramatically declining population? This will tremendously affect your relevance inn the world. As I was born in Europe and will always feel a great attachment to my old home, I'm quite worried..

I'd be more worried about learning to speak Spanish if I was you.

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
I'd be more worried about learning to speak Spanish if I was you.

[Saintaw]

Cool, Lux is still Lux on that map... just says a lot about the place... nothing ever changes here

Overlag, it's China who had the child control thing. And I beleive that if it's no longer official, it is still culturaly implied.

[GRUNHERZ]

So you are all greatly excited that Europe will become an ever smaller and less significant part of the world.. Great!

[Dowding]

I'd say Britain isn't as bad as Sparks makes out. The major cities are... major cities with all the problems that urban sprawl brings. But outside the major cities and urban cnetres, there's plenty of countryside

Gunslinger - that looks like the insert from some BNP leaflet.

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
So you are all greatly excited that Europe will become an ever smaller and less significant part of the world.. Great!

Not one thing in that sentance makes sense so i still suspect you of bating us. Good job too it seems

[Torque]

Err....isn't the EU the largest trading entity on the planet now, uhm...when the EU said "jump" Bush asked how high when it came to Steel Tariffs.

[Zwerg]

Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Just saw on CNN.

A new study predicts that the worlds polulation will go up by 45% by 2050..

Asia will increase by 39%.

The  USA alone will increase by 43%.

Europe will decrease by 8%.

What is Europe going to do with such a dramatically declining population? This will tremendously affect your relevance inn the world. As I was born in Europe and will always feel a great attachment to my old home, I'm quite worried..

50 years. That's a long period to make predictions.

1) Europe already has a high density of population. We have had our population explosion starting 400 years ago.
2) A high rate of old people in a population is an indicator for a high standard of living.
3) Either the regions with fastly growing population will catch up in standard of living which means they won't keep up the growth of population or they'll have huge problems and not play any major role in the world.
4) Population is only 1 factor for the importance of a politic entity. Regarding developpment of science and technic, population as a factor is decreasing. That's why the European countries in the past gained a worldwide influence far beyond their initial potential of both population and area.
5) If other regions manage to develop their standard of living (point 3), Europe's importance will decrease (and people will still have a good life).  I hope this will happen. Otherwise the people living in the 21th century will look back at the 20th century and speak of it as a golden age with some "little wars".

[Chortle]

Good points Zwerg. UK is pretty much pioneering the genetic stem cell research, so there might be fewer of us but we'll all be 18 feet tall with 2 brains and the girls will love us

[Overlag]

Originally posted by Gunslinger

[Zwerg]

Originally posted by Chortle
[...] we'll all be 18 feet tall with 2 brains and the girls will love us

especially the 2 brains i guess...

[_Schadenfreude_]

Originally posted by Gunslinger

Yes, yes we all know you're a complete idiot - what else is new?

[Thrawn]

This thread isn't even a good troll.