The Economic and Social Commission of the European League for Economic Cooperation (ELEC), which met in Brussels on 3 December 2015, discussed the topic “Population ageing and its economic and social consequences in Europe”, with a number of experts in the field: Mr Didier Blanchet, Chief Editor of Economie et Statistique (Economy and Statistics), INSEE (French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Research); Ms Stéphanie Pamies, DG ECFIN, European Commission; Professor Heinz Rothgang, Socium Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, University of Bremen; Mr Christian Sautter, former French Minister for Finance, Chairman of France Active; Mr Jean Hindriks, Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain.

You can read their conclusions below: