Demographic Pressures on European Unity

European paediatrics--unity with diversity?

The 900 consultant paediatricians in Britain might occasionally pause to reflect that they have about 30 000 paediatrician colleagues within the European Community (EC). The total number in greater Europe between Lisbon and the Urals must approach six figures. The geographic and political map of the continent has radically changed during the last year and it is likely that colleagues working in...

Demographic Strengthening of European Identity

THE EUROPEAN UNION is currently undergoing a major crisis within its institutions. Many observers think the EU is doomed, particularly in view of the current refugee situation, when in many countries the national agenda overrides the European project and the aggregate result is widely perceived as a failure of European-level governance. This skepticism is heightened by the UK referendum on cont...

The European Union : Single Market Pressures

The European demographic system 1500–1820

Kemp neatly calls, the "fantasia", expressed by the painting of the Last Supper in which the perspectival illusion is interestingly explained. In the scientific field, similarly inspired ingenuity is found in Leonardo's geometrical transformations. The physiological truth so beautifully symbolized in the Leda and the Swan and the portrait of a Lady on a Balcony (the Mona Lisa) is here interpret...

The demographic situation in the European Union.

This article draws selected material from the annual Yearbook on Demography (2000 edition) published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Some key comparisons with other regions of the world are included, together with a broad picture of the demographic situation in the European Union. Topic coverage is selective.