In all seriousness there are two things I'm mulling over her.
One is, what does happen to a country that is depopulating (relative to its neighbours). Particularly if that country is part of a free trade and free movement union like the EU.
Basic economics suggests that the price of land and property will fall quite a lot and the price of labour probably rise a little and that would encourage people to retire there.
The second thing I'm mulling over is that, if you are a poor Eastern European country and you join the EU and you don't want people to move to your country (and the criteria for Bulgarian citizenship include learning Bulgarian, so they seem serious about that) what were you hoping would happen? If there are good jobs with better pay in nice cities in other countries on offer to your young people and you are actively discouraging people moving in and you don't want your country to end up being a half-empty holiday rental retirement home why did you join the EU?
What ever the Bulgarian for puzzled is, I'm puzzled.
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One is, what does happen to a country that is depopulating (relative to its neighbours). Particularly if that country is part of a free trade and free movement union like the EU.
Basic economics suggests that the price of land and property will fall quite a lot and the price of labour probably rise a little and that would encourage people to retire there.
The second thing I'm mulling over is that, if you are a poor Eastern European country and you join the EU and you don't want people to move to your country (and the criteria for Bulgarian citizenship include learning Bulgarian, so they seem serious about that) what were you hoping would happen? If there are good jobs with better pay in nice cities in other countries on offer to your young people and you are actively discouraging people moving in and you don't want your country to end up being a half-empty holiday rental retirement home why did you join the EU?
What ever the Bulgarian for puzzled is, I'm puzzled.