This policy roundtable presents the 2020 edition of the EPRS’s ‘Demographic Outlook of the EU’, which tracks demographic change at European level. The study uses the latest data from Eurostat and the United Nations to explore the main demographic indicators, such as the median age, fertility rates or life expectancy, comparing them between EU Member States and between the EU and the rest of the world.

The dramatically ageing population of the EU has serious implications across a wide range of policy areas, including the economy, healthcare and pensions. Free movement within the EU and migration from third countries also play an important role in shaping demography in individual Member States and regions.

Venue: Library Reading Room, Altiero Spinelli Building, 5th floor, European Parliament, Brussels

PROGRAMME

13.30 Welcome by Anthony TEASDALE, Director General, European ParliamentaryResearch Service (EPRS), EP

13.40 Keynote remarks by Othmar KARAS, Vice-President of the European Parliament

13.50 Presentation of the ‘2020 edition of the Demographic Outlook of the EU’ by Monika KISS, Policy Analyst, Economic Policies Unit, Members’ Research Service, EPRS

14.10 Roundtable discussion with:

• Rainer MÜNZ, Expert in Demography and Migration, Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD), JRC, European Commission
• Deša SRSEN, Member of the cabinet of Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commission
• Daniela VONO DE VILHENA, Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute forDemographic Research; Scientific Coordinator, Population Europe

Moderator: Etienne BASSOT, Director, Members’ Research Service, EPRS

14.40 Questions and interventions from the floor