Demography and the Future of Europe

On 13 March 2026, at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, we held the international policy forum Demography and the Future of Europe together with the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.

We discussed one of Europe’s biggest challenges today, demographic change: birth rates, labour market trends, migration, the psychological and emotional climate of society and other factors. The forum presented the Martens Centre study Answering Demographic Change: Policy Recommendations for National and European Policymakers.

Speakers included Gudrun Kugler, member of the Austrian Parliament, Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and its Special Representative on Demographic Change, Peter Hefele, Policy Director of the Martens Centre, and Vytautas Šilinskas, Vytenis Juozas Deimantas, Laurynas Kasčiūnas, Monika Navickienė and Gintarė Skaistė.

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