8/04/2025
Birthrates fluctuate, no need to panic!
Europe’s fertility rates paint a picture of a continent grappling with a demographic shift. Nearly every nation falls below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman required to maintain the population size. Most of Europe hovers between 1.0 and 1.5, a reflection of a steady drop in births that has unfolded over decades.
France sits at 1.6, Serbia at 1.5 and Montenegro at 2.1 are closer, with Montenegro meeting the replacement rate. Western nations like Germany at 1.5, the Netherlands at 1.4, and the UK at 1.5 sit below the replacement rate. Southern Europe fares worse, with Italy at 1.2, Spain at 1.2, and Malta at 1.1 languishing with “extremely low” rates.
Eastern Europe varies. Poland at 1.3, Hungary at 1.5 and Serbia at 1.5 lag and Montenegro at 2.1 hints at resilience, perhaps tied to a deeper admiration for kinship. France, at 1.6, leans slightly on strong family policies, but even so, it falls well short of the replacement rate. Only Montenegro in Europe breaches the replacement rate. This is all a pattern that was set in the late 20th century with no real widespread reversal in sight. Yet despite those numbers, is this truly the dire emergency it’s made out to be, or merely a story spun to serve hidden agendas?
History shows birth rates fluctuate, shaped by economics, conflict, immigration, or cultural changes. At the peak of the British Empire in the late 19th century, the UK’s population stood below 41 million, yet it wielded unmatched global power. Smaller, tight-knit peoples have forged prosperous societies repeatedly, from the city-states of ancient Greece to the Dutch Golden Age.
Today, nearing 70 million, we’re told this population growth is vital to “survive and thrive,” but history begs to differ. The notion that endless growth is essential to our way of life is just nonsense. It risks a view that treats people as mere livestock, prized for headcount rather than their essence. History demonstrates that true greatness relies not on sheer numbers, but on a people rich with remarkable individuals working as a collective.
Low birth rates aren’t a disaster, but nor are they ideal due to immigration. Young Europeans all have the same hurdles to parenthood, soaring housing costs, flat wages, and little balance between work and life. In Italy and Spain, where youth unemployment has lingered at 20-30% for years, starting a family feels out of reach for many.
Cultural trends also alter the flow, careers take precedence over lineage, and individualism transforms how parenthood is viewed by our people. Yet, rather than tackle these deep rooted problems, governments often lean on immigration to bolster numbers. This move stirs unease as they can see their heritage slipping away. The frustration burns bright, many feel their leaders favour outsiders over their own, wielding low birth rates as a dodge for systemic rot and the avoidance of continental changes.
The outcry over birth rates often conceals a graver issue which is governments failing their people. Instead of addressing the real needs of the people, leaders push policies that replace them, prioritising their own power. They benefit from larger populations, gaining more taxpayers, consumers, and votes to secure their control.
But for ordinary folk, this sidesteps the true needs, which is a richer more fulfilling life. People yearn for families; they just need the ground to stand on. If we address housing costs, fair pay, a better quality of life and community bonds, births will rise naturally. The establishment needs endless growth for its machine, but we don’t. We don’t need 70 million to prosper; we need a people valued, free to raise families without dread and decline.
Nationalism provides a better perspective, a nation grounded in shared blood and soil doesn’t need to expand endlessly to thrive. Part of that vision demands a bold stroke in remigration. The call to return immigrants to their homelands grows louder amid strains on resources, a constant decline of cultural roots, and the struggle of native-born being able to flourish.
Remigration isn’t merely a rollback in time; it’s reclaiming space and the means to uplift our own. Easing pressure on housing, healthcare, and welfare, it carves room for young families to breathe and grow. Hungary and Poland pair birth-boosting measures, such as tax relief for large families, with tight borders, casting it as protection of their future. Remigration resets the scales, ensuring homelands serve those tied to them by ethnicity and lineage.
The data is clear, Europe’s births are down, and the trend holds. But panic or policies that estrange our own aren’t the answer. We must envision a purer, stronger nation, a way of life not bloated but refined, not dictated by markets but by meaning.
Tackle the living costs, secure homes for the young, and nurture communities where children are a blessing, not a weight. Embrace remigration to channel resources to those rooted here, giving our nations space to bloom. Birth rates will follow if we get this right.
History whispers that smaller, purer nations can rise to glory. Let’s stop counting heads and start forging a future for our own people, a future where they can thrive.
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