The demographic revolution is reshuffling the political map of Europe

(B2) Demographic changes over the next few years would lead to geopolitical upheaval in Europe, according to a investigation report of the World Population Foundation (DSW Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung), a German NGO. By 2050, Germany will have lost all of its demographic lead acquired during reunification with the former GDR. It will find itself almost on a par with France and the United Kingdom, around 70 million inhabitants. It will then be difficult to justify the bonus of twenty MEPs. And the current controversy over Germanic supremacy and the double majority, led above all by Poland, will no longer have any reason to exist. As for Italy, it would drop significantly from the leading group with 55 million inhabitants. The Poles would also be largely victims of this development. In 2050, Poland will no longer be able to claim to play in the big leagues. At 30 million inhabitants, it would be a third less populated than Spain, at 45 million. In question, the low local birth rate and the lack of legal immigration. In general, Eastern Europe will be the big loser of this demographic "revolution", while the Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, etc.) will do well. Even in the category of Lilliputian states, the change is notable, Luxembourg, benefiting from a sustained population growth, would join Montenegro by distancing Malta and Cyprus. In the neighborhood of Europe, the upheaval is also notable: while Turkey would reach 90 million inhabitants, Russia would plummet from 140 to 110 million inhabitants.