FT: Germany calls for more immigrants to fix its shrinking economy
FT: Germany calls for more immigrants to fix its shrinking economy
Even though right-wing politicians decry immigration (because it's a populist viewpoint), they secretly or openly want more. Countries without low immigration will lag economically compared to countries with high immigration such as the US.
Original link: https://www.ft.com/content/de913edd-71d1-4a36-b897-091125596952
But Germany has a higher percentage of immigrants (18,8 vs 15 8%) as well as immigration than the US (2,36 mn vs 1 mn, or 3% vs 0,3%)?
What a trash article
Obviously a temporary anomaly because of Ukraine. Long term German population is expected to decline while US population is expected to continue to grow. Driven by immigration, not birth rate.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/08/20/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127646/population-forecast-germany/
Germanys immigration has exceeded 1 mn yearly since 2013. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894223/immigrant-numbers-germany/
It is also about a quarter to fifth of the US' size.
Also, that forecast is contradicted by the actual population numbers since: https://www.statista.com/statistics/672608/development-population-numbers-germany/
Having to import cheap labor to keep up with America. I don't know why they feel the need to, they know infinite growth is not sustainable. sustainable