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The European Union’s rapidly ageing population threatens to undermine the bloc’s competitiveness, exacerbate labour shortages, inflate public budgets and deepen regional inequalities.

These are some of the disquieting findings from a new report on demographic change released by the European Commission, which paints an alarming picture of the profound societal and economic transformation triggered by a shrinking workforce.

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