Austrian Birth Rate Increases. What Does OVP say now ?

Birth figures edge up


Austria registered a slight increase in births in the first half of this year.



Statistics body Statistik Austria announced today (Weds) that there were 36,963 births between January and June of this year, up by 2.9 per cent compared to the first six months of 2009. The agency added that, with 39.6 per cent, almost four in 10 babies were born out of wedlock.



Carinthia recorded the highest rise in overall births among the country’s nine provinces with 9.2 per cent, followed by Salzburg (plus 6.8 per cent) and capital Vienna (4.3 per cent).



The eastern province of Burgenland (minus 5.7 per cent) and Tyrol (minus 0.7 per cent) in western Austria were the only two provinces with fewer births year on year in the first half of 2010.



Eurostat, the European Commission’s (EC) statistics agency, revealed recently that Austria has the second-lowest birth among the European Union’s (EU) 27 member states.



The body said there were 9.1 births per 1,000 inhabitants in Austria last year. Only neighbouring Germany had a lower rate (7.9), it added.



Right-wing opposition chiefs criticised People’s Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger recently over his suggestion to engage in an "active immigration policy" to help more qualified foreigners settling down in Austria.



Spindelegger said the federal health and social system was at risk without immigration as research has shown that the share of elderly Austrians was set to soar over the coming decades. Austria will also risk a stark decline in population without any immigration, according to analysts.



Freedom Party (FPÖ) and Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) chiefs however branded the foreign minister’s suggestion as "dangerous" and a "superfluous attempt to cause a discussion during the summer".



Austrian Times

 
http://www.austriantimes.at/news/Panorama/2010-08-11/25891/Birth_figures_edge_up



What the Hell is happening ? The birth rate of Austria increased, not decreased like Maria Fekter is saying. And in Carinthia, where Jorg Haider was governor, there was the largest increase, almost 10% in less than half a year. Obviously whatever the BZO has done has fixed the problem in Carinthia.



Something is not right. A logical thing to do would be to copy the sucessful FPO/BZO policies in this case. BUT It seems these OVP/SPO politicians have their own ideological agenda that is not honest with the Austrian citizens ! I did some research recently and I discovered that the OVP and SPO is getting money from people and many major media outlets in austria that are promoting pro-immigration views are owned or influenced by the SAME people that run the news here in the USA.....