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Published Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 09:42
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Duncan Anderson 
in EU in the world (125 views and 0 comments)
I don't want to suggest that PES/EU can solve this problem within
one term of office. But I do think that the EU should start
talking to other countries and organisations about dealing with
the consequences of over population.
Over population or having more people on the planet that it can
sustain was a topic of discussion during the 1970s and China
responded. I'm not saying that we or other countries should
follow China's route.
But over population is at the core of many global problems. We
need to use artificial fertilisers and G.M. products to feed the
world and even then a lot of people starve. There is insufficient
water to both grow food for people and for them to drink. We
can't provide enough energy for everybody without damaging the
planet.
Question, how do we address the twin problems of having a
sustainable level of population on this planet? Answer, I don't
know, but I'm interested in listening to there people's views.
If it is decided to reduce the population we have to consider the
demographics of having more older people who are above a working
age - but still need food, water and energy - than younger people
who would be generating income and therefore taxes to pay for the
water, food and energy of the older people.
But until we start discussing these concepts, both amongst
ourselves and with other countries we're not going to fully
understand the problems and therefore we won't find the correct
answers.
Tags: energy, environment, food crisis, solidarity
S’inspirer de soixante
années d’expérience de la construction européenne pour avancer un
nécessaire projet d’Union Méditerranéenne est, à première vue, une
idée excellente. Vigilance pourtant au moment de manipuler le
vocabulaire et les méthodes de la success story européenne.
L’Europe des pères fondateurs ne se résume ni à quelque technique
habile, ni à quelques mots magiques, pas plus qu'à des partenariats
économiques tous azimuts. Elle oblige génétiquement à un partage de
souveraineté sur ce qui fait mal. L’Europe politique n’est
pas née seulement et durablement des moyens financiers offerts par
le plan Marshall. Elle s’est imposée dans le sillage d’un geste
politique historique, celui de la déclaration Schuman. Or, cette
initiative allait bien au-delà du champ économique. Il ne
s’agissait pas d’annoncer la restauration du théâtre de Bayreuth
avec des prêts bonifiés ! A cette époque, on voyait plus loin, on
visait plus haut. On confiait à une autorité politique nouvelle
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