A historic decline in births and an aging population: on the eve of a pension reform, the figures of the demographic balance sheet are more sensitive than ever.
“The babies of 2023 are the contributors of 2043”
, warns the Unaf (National Union of Family Associations), which invites the government to take up the
“national issue”
of the birth rate,
“essential to preserve solidarity between generations and ensure the functioning of the
pay
-as-you-go pension system.
The demographic winter, an
"unthought"
of the reform?
This is the little music that begins to be heard a few days before the presentation of the pension bill.
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The French population amounted to 68 million inhabitants on January 1, 2023, up 0.3%, indicates INSEE in its demographic report released on Tuesday.
In 2022, mortality is on the rise with 667,000 deaths.
Some 723,000 babies were born in France, 19,000 less than last year.
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