Here [1] you see direct evidence of this in the Danish context, but it's the same everywhere. The population of E. Europe is literally in decline [2] It's not

Here [1] you see direct evidence of this in the Danish context, but it's the same everywhere. The population of E. Europe is literally in decline [2] It's not birth rate [3] (it's note hugely different in Europe, but errs higher in the East). The people leaving E. Europe are 'able bodied workers' and 'the educated' and 'students leaving to get education and jobs in the West' - i.e. E. Europe's absolutely most valuable 'assets'. E. Europe is clearly being hollowed out in a very material way. The 'freedom of movement' foundation of the EU is not really a humanitarian issue, though it's usually framed popularly as such, it's fundamentally a neoliberal policy, i.e. 'worker mobility' as European leaders believe this is a fundamental advantage of the US. [1] https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210616152303195 https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=202106161... [2] https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/eastern-europe-population/ https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/eastern-europ... [3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/612074/fertility-rates-in-european-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/612074/fertility-rates-i...