On Monday, May 26 at 9pm, Prime Time and Maria Vousoula open the chapter Demographic And they are looking for answers to the existential crisis that is evolving quietly at national and European level.

The broadcast camera travels throughout Greece and visits desert places, capturing human stories that explain the causes of infertility and, with the assistance of experts, interprets the relentless statistics of population shrinkage.

Couples wishing to have children but hesitant because of financial obligations, women who do not find support in their environment and erasing villages compose the image of a growing country. If, in fact, to the consolidated phenomenon of infertility, the increase in life expectancy and the uninterrupted tendency of the massive flight of new high -qualification abroad, the mixture becomes disastrous.

The Minister of Social Cohesion and Family, Domna Michaelidou, Among other things, he talks about the Gordian bond of demographic at European level. The President of ELSTAT, Athanasios Thanopouloshighlights the great loss of workforce through continuing flight, while Professor Demography at the University of Thessaly, Byron Kotzamanit shows as the main cause of the constant decline in population insecurity for the future.

Also, on Prime Time’s camera: Lake Plastira Mayor Panagiotis Nanos and Prosotsanis Mayor Theodoros Athanasiadis talk about the desolation of villages by new residents and the initiatives they take to stimulate births in their areas, It lists women’s fears when they reach the decision to acquire a child.

The demographic at the Prime Time of SKAI on Monday, May 26 at 9pm, with Maria Vousoula.

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