EU report charts the collapse of family life

Report unveiled by the European Parliament says there is one marital breakdown and one abortion in Europe every 30 seconds
May 8, 2008

BRUSSELS There is one marital breakdown and one abortion in Europe almost every 30 seconds, a report that claims to chart the collapse of family life said yesterday.

In a survey of life in the 27 European Union countries, the Institute for Family Policy said that pensioners now outnumbered teenagers, and more people were living alone.

The report, The Evolution of the Family in Europe 2008, which was unveiled in the European Parliament in Brussels, described the European birth rate as “critical”. the rest