Translation of "Taux de vieillissement de la population " (French → English) :

Italy bases its strategic approach following closely the White Paper on Welfare, which identified two basic issues: the demographic situation (effects of low fertility rate combined with a high rate of ageing population) and the role of the family as a pillar of the Italian social model.

27. Considers, in the context of various pension reform recommendations made by the Commission, that linking retirement age to life expectancy is not the only way of tackling the challenge of ageing and other demographic challenges faced by Europe, and that pension system reforms should also reflect, inter alia, labour market trends, birth rates, the demographic situation, the health and wealth situation, working conditions and the economic dependency ratio, while aiming at ensuring a decent retirement income that is at least above poverty levels; recalls that the best way to tackle the challenge of ageing is to increase the overall emp ...[+++]loyment rate; takes note, in the context of ageing populations, of the Commission’s recommendation that healthcare systems be reformed in order to meet their objectives of providing universal access to high-quality care – including affordable access to medicines, especially those that are life-saving – and secure respect for the rights of health staff;

30. Calls for pension reforms to be made taking into account Parliament’s repeated recommendations to ensure the sustainability, safety and adequacy of pensions for women and men by strengthening retirement schemes, aiming at a decent retirement income that is at least above the poverty level; considers that linking retirement age to life expectancy is not the only way of tackling the challenge of ageing, and that pension system reforms should also reflect, inter alia, labour market trends, birth rates, the demographic situation, the health and wea ...[+++]lth situation, working conditions and the economic dependency ratio; recalls that the best way to tackle the challenge of ageing is to increase the overall employment rate, building, inter alia, on social investments in active ageing;

H. whereas, in addition to the phenomenon of ageing, there is an ever-increasing number of European regions in which demographic decline is occurring as a result of falling birth rates, combined with population decline and high rates of ageing, dependence and decline in the number of people in work; whereas all of these phenomena are exacerbated in the rural areas of the regions concerned, as it is common for people to leave rural areas and move to large or medium-sized cities;

H. whereas, in addition to the phenomenon of ageing, there is an ever-increasing number of European regions in which demographic decline is occurring as a result of falling birth rates, combined with population decline and high rates of ageing, dependence and decline in the number of people in work; whereas all of these phenomena are exacerbated in the rural areas of the regions concerned, as it is common for people to leave rural areas and move to large or medium-sized cities;

H. whereas, in addition to the phenomenon of ageing, there is an ever-increasing number of European regions in which demographic decline is occurring as a result of falling birth rates, combined with population decline and high rates of ageing, dependence and decline in the number of people in work; whereas all of these phenomena are exacerbated in the rural areas of the regions concerned, as it is common for people to leave rural areas and move to large or medium-sized cities;