The International Assembly of Democrats of the center adopted the proposal of Fidesz, Slovenia SDS regarding the EU demographic strategy
Orbán was re-elected Vice-President of the CDI
The General Assembly of the Centrist Democratic International in Brussels on Friday adopted a motion for a resolution jointly tabled by Hungary’s ruling Fidesz and Slovenia’s SDS party on Europe’s demographic strategy, Orbán’s press service said.
According to the proposed resolution, Europe’s population is declining globally. While the current 27 members of the European Union accounted for 12 percent of the world’s population in 1960, that ratio has now dropped to 6 percent and is expected to continue falling to below 4 percent by 2070.
The draft also draws attention to the aging population on the continent, as the proportion of people over the age of 65 has now reached 21 per cent in the total population, and the proportion of children under the age of 15 has fallen to 15 per cent. Its shrinking and aging population means that Europe is losing its influence, competitiveness, economic power and room for maneuver “in the new world order”, the document reads.
With the resolution, the CDI seeks to express its concern at the serious demographic crisis, which it sees as one of the most serious current problems facing the continent.
According to the draft, there are a number of possible solutions to reverse population decline, such as building family support systems, helping families expecting babies, and strengthening the community. The CDI is “deeply convinced” that family policy is a national competence and “must remain so”.
Migration should not be used as a tool to address demographic challenges, the proposal said, urging the EU to “take demographic aspects into account in all its policies and build mechanisms to counter the effects of migration on demographics”.
Orbán was re-elected Vice-President of the CDI
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, leader of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, has been re-elected vice president of Centrist Democrat International (CDI), a Christian Democratic political formation.
The CDI website shows that its current president is Andres Pastrana Arango from Colombia, and its secretary general is Antonio Lopez-Isturiz White, a Spanish MEP who is also the EPP secretary general. Among the European prime ministers are CDI vice-presidents Janez Janša from Slovenia and Andrej Plenković from Croatia.