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"The ageing population is one of the biggest political challenges that the European Union currently faces and will continue to face. The increase in life expectancy and the improvement in public health allow people to live longer and healthier lives, which means that the non-active population is increasing at the same time that birth rates, stagnant since the 1980s, do not allow for the replacement of the working population, creating difficulties for social security systems. Eurostat’s demographic projections predict a decrease of about 6.8% in the number of people of working age by 2030. This means that there will be only two people of working age supporting each retired person, compared to a ratio of four to one today. As one can imagine, this means serious problems for the system’s sustainability. Because of this, bearing in mind that today we ‘age better’, it is necessary to find ways to ensure active, autonomous and healthy ageing, so that people over 65 remain in the job market or take on other forms of social contribution, whether by volunteering or helping their families, thus freeing up public resources and constituting real added value for societies."@en1
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