We want to build a Union where every generation thrives. On World Population Day, we reaffirm our commitment to keep our Union competitive by managing its demographic change. For this purpose, we created a set of policy tools to empower and support EU countries in addressing these challenges. These tools seek to: 🏡 Balance family and work life 🏫Support younger generations 💪Empower older generations and sustaining their welfare 💼 Address labour shortages Together, we can embrace demographic changes and turn them into an advantage for all. Learn more about our toolbox ➡️ https://europa.eu/!Wpk3qR #EuropeanUnion
Spain's secret to once again having the highest life expectancy in the European Union is its climate, its exquisite Mediterranean diet, its public health system and being a fantastic country :D
The challenge for the future will be not only living longer but ageing in good health conditions. Some of the recipes to achive that goal: healthy food (olive oil consumption plays a role), a robust public Health care system (don´t forget investing resources in that), doing daily physical excersise, family ties to care about the elder, and Why not?, living as happy as possible
Susana P.
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What are the reasons behind Spain having the highest life expectancy in the EU?
Why is there no data for Ireland? CSO (Central Statistics Office Ireland)
Marco Zorzi
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European Commission There is no such a thing as “labour shortage” 🤦🏼♂️ Please, stop this marketing nonsense based on lies. There are plenty of skilled workers out there… Put people in a favourable condition to work, with good salaries and benefits, good training to upskill, good support from management, positive work culture and ethos, a healthy workload aimed at avoiding burnout, etc… And you will see that the entire “labour shortages” narrative will disappear with a blink of an eye. Come on! 💪🏼 Upwards and onwards!
Già La Giornata Mondiale della Popolazione non vuol dire nulla, ed il fatto che ci facciate campagna mediatica la dice lunga su quali argomenti sono per voi significativi e prioritari, ma come fate a far prosperare ogni generazione quando con l'€uro e l'obiettivo della stabilità dei prezzi, frenate la crescita economica dei paesi membri e necessitate di quote stabilite di disoccupazione ? Lo ha ribadito anche Draghi a La Hulpe in aprile... "...Abbiamo perseguito una strategia deliberata volta a ridurre i costi salariali gli uni rispetto agli altri – e combinata questa con una politica fiscale prociclica – l’effetto netto è stato solo quello di indebolire la nostra domanda interna e minare il nostro modello sociale. La questione fondamentale non è che la competitività sia un concetto errato. Il fatto è che l’Europa ha avuto un focus sbagliato." "We pursued a deliberate strategy of trying to lower wage costs relative to each other – and combined this together with a procyclical fiscal policy - the net effect was only to weaken our own domestic demand and undermine our social model. The key issue is not that competitiveness is a flawed concept. It is that Europe has had the wrong focus."
España sigue manteniendo la esperanza de vida más alta de la Unión Europea por su cultura vital, por su dieta y por su sistema público sanitario.
Tanya Whyte
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Not sure why data wasn't available for Ireland. 78.4 years for men, and 82.8 years for women. Average 80.6 Here's the link https://www.cso.ie/en/interactivezone/statisticsexplained/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancytables/ CSO (Central Statistics Office Ireland) is a fantastic resource for stats for Ireland
Uwe Setz
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At GE Healthcare we work every day on expanding not just life expectancy but HEALTHY life expectancy (means expanding the healthy life time)
Listen to your heart.
3w¿Qué aprendemos de España e Italia? - 🥗 Dieta mediterránea (pescado y verdura) - 👨👩👧👦 Familia y vida social - 🧠 Mentalidad abierta hasta la tercera edad What do we learn from Spain and Italy? - 🥗 Mediterranean diet (fish and vegetables) - 👨👩👧👦 Family and social life - 🧠 Open-mindedness until old age