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As Europe’s demographic crisis deepens, Member States are gradually responding by increasing the retirement age. The European Year for Active Ageing will actually not last one, but many years. Mr Kastler’s report mentions the need to highlight, in this situation, the importance of intergenerational solidarity, which is crucial if the challenges resulting from the higher proportion of older people in the general population are to be handled successfully. Member States and the EU seriously failed in their family policy in the past, obliging us to address ageing-related issues in earnest. Any further failure could be fatal for Europe. The declaration of 2012 as the Year for Active Ageing is a great opportunity to train the spotlight on genuine values: human dignity and intergenerational solidarity. However, we also need to start tackling the yawning gaps in the area of social and health care for pensioners in the various EU Member States, and discuss how to close those gaps while respecting the competences of Member States."@en1
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