The fertility rate conundrum

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The fertility rate conundrum

While speaking in parliament, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said the country needs to take urgent action to address the low birth rate. He estimates that in 50 years’ time, the native Maltese population will drop to 240,000, of whom 40% will be elderly. He claimed the action needed to prevent this situation will be expensive....