Author(s): Stjepan Šterc,Miljenko Brekalo / Language(s): Croatian
Issue: 1/2017
Large migrations, most of them directed towards north-western and developed Europe, Europe with developed economies, democratic societies, large freedoms of individuals and communities, extremely negative demographic trends, open borders and much more, have shown and confirmed that the demographic problem of whole of Europe, and some parts in particular, is becoming more and more a strategic question of developmental and security existence. This was known before as all the indicators and processes have implied to an objectively existing problem of foreseeable European future, but nobody could believe nor assume such a tremendous speed and the size of the people moving towards Europe, which was conditioned by numerous facts, some of which are directing the people as a form of pressure and contemporary control of space, strategic corridors and points. The population is just a problem or the instrument of achieving goals in such conceptions. Although for now, they are all just indications, enormous economic, military, financial, political, demographic and any other polarization between worlds, civilizations, religions, ways of life, continents, regions, Rimland, Heartland, have confirmed the tremendous problem of levelling the spatial development in the future, which was always solved through war in the past. Different potentials of space (complex spatial factors) and population reproduction in systems which have never had their demographic problems solved by another country, nor will that ever happen without serious conflict, have inevitably pointed to the necessity of spatial redistribution of values and the need to control the space. Everything is just quicker now. The closure of its ethnic and interest spaces are becoming an inevitability of the contemporary world, especially of Europe, and every country will do it despite the level of development and traditions of democracy. Europe, and Croatia in particular, will have to return to the rational phase of population planning in the post-transitional phase for the sake of survival, economy and society development, workforce and total functioning of all system in the community or the country. Classic stimulating population reproduction policy will remain the only way out for Europe no matter how ruined the society is or how materialistic philosophy influences life if it wants to comprehend in time the enormous force of emigration as a form of destabilization of European societies and space.
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