Brussels, 02/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - The ageing European population "is not only a problem for national budgets and social security, it is above all an element in the general economic and political situation of the EU", says Martin Hüfner, chief economist of the banking group HVB. Mr Hüfner was speaking at the presentation on Thursday of a report on the subject by the European Banking Federation (FBE). Because, according to this analysis, it is already time to address the ramifications...