Challenges from the future

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said in Athens on Monday that Europe's productive population is decreasing by one million every year. The problem is even greater in Greece. Firstly, there is the negative birth and death ratio, signaling an annual population decrease of approximately 50,000 individuals - totaling 1,250,000 people by 2050. Simultaneously, Greece has witnessed a substantial exodus of workers. Approximately 500,000 Greek scientists relocated to other European countries during the debt crisis, a trend dubbed the "brain drain." Additionally, around half a million unskilled workers, mostly of Albanian origin, who were employed in Greece during more prosperous years, obtained European documents and are now legally residing in countries such as Germany, France and others. When factoring in the population decline, workforce reduction, and the "great...