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"Demographic change in Europe is partly the expression of civilisation’s achievements, like increased average life expectancy, but also of worrying aspects like the low birth rate, which is of particular concern in certain countries, like Portugal. The rapporteur’s intention is to examine and explore these developments, from the point of view of the opportunities and consequences of demographic change. As we stated during the debate, it concerns us that this debate is frequently used, in some ways that are more disguised than others, to pave the way for enforcing measures that threaten the fundamental rights and victories of the workers and peoples, like social security systems; for increasing the retirement age and reducing pension values, for overloading and damaging social infrastructure, and for abolishing rights to health care.
All this has been happening with the implementation of so-called austerity measures. If demographic change is not to represent a step backwards for society or jeopardise economic and social cohesion, public services must be universal and of high quality, adapted and reinforced according to new requirements resulting from demographic change, and publicly owned. Changes to the policies that have been leading to the low birth rate must also be implemented."@en1
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