European Commission, 2005
The Commission's Green Paper presents the various challenges that the EU has to confront to reverse demographic decline and the weak natural population increase. It considers that to meet this challenge, the Lisbon Agenda must be resolutely implemented, in particular those policies focusing on getting people into jobs, on innovation and increasing productivity. It is also urgent to put in place birth-friendly policies and to address the possible contribution of immigration in a balanced way. The Green Paper stresses that it is also necessary to continue modernising social protection systems, especially pensions, to ensure their social and economic sustainability and to enable them to cope with the effects of demographic ageing.
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