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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7915

3 March 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/education/research
Europe faces challenge of ageing population - Education and research ministers sketch out solutions for knowledge society

Uppsala, 02/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - In the context of preparations for the Stockholm Summit, the education and research ministers who met in Uppsala tried, on Friday, to sketch out several solutions that could allow the EU to face up to the consequences of an ageing population.

The discussion was opened by Director of the Swedish Institute for Future Studies Lena Sommerstad, who recalled that 28% of the European population would be aged over 65 in 2050, as opposed to 14% at the present...

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