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Birth rates are dropping to record lows in Europe, following worldwide trends. France, Italy, and Finland are searching for ways to incentivize people to…

Europes fertility rate has been stuck around 1.5 births per woman for the past decade, far short of the 2.1 needed to maintain population levels.

Birth rates are dropping to record lows in Europe, following worldwide trends. France, Italy, and Finland are searching for ways to incentivize people to produce more children, including tax credits and increased social welfare programs.

For Emmanuel Macron, more babies are vital to maintain France's national vigour. Italy's Georgia Meloni has made encouraging more Italian women to give birth a top...

For Emmanuel Macron, more babies are vital to maintain France's national vigour. Italy's Georgia Meloni has made encouraging more Italian women to give birth a top priority. But, demographers and economists say, Europe's attempts to boost its flagging birth rate are missing the mark.