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After a decline in population in 2020 and 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU’s population increased in 2022, from 446.7 million on 1 January 2022 to 448.4 persons on 1 January 2023. The negative natural change (more deaths than births) was outnumbered by the positive net migration. The observed population growth can be largely attributed to the increased migratory movements post-COVID-19 and to the mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine who received temporary protection status in EU countries, as a consequence of the Russian invasion in February 2022. Lees meer over EU population increases again after two years decrease

Het Europees Parlement heeft met een nipte meerderheid ingestemd met de natuurherstelwet van Eurocommissaris Frans Timmermans. Er stemden 336 Europarlementariërs voor het voorstel, 300 tegen en 13 onthielden zich van stemming. Lees meer over Europees Parlement stemt in met afgezwakte natuurherstelwet

In 2022, the number of housing transactions, when compared with 2021, decreased in the majority of the 16 EU countries for which data are available. This decrease comes after an increase in nearly all countries in 2021 compared with 2020. Lees meer over House sales down in 2022 after increase in 2021

De biodiversiteit in Europese riviersystemen is in de periode van 1968 tot 2020 aanzienlijk toegenomen, maar dit herstel is sinds 2010 gestagneerd. Veel riviersystemen hebben zich niet volledig kunnen herstellen, ontdekte een internationaal team van onderzoekers. Het onderzoek naar de biodiversiteit van ongewervelden in Europese binnenwateren, gepubliceerd in Nature, benadrukt de noodzaak van verdere acties om het herstel van de biodiversiteit te stimuleren. Lees meer over Herstel biodiversiteit in het Europese zoete water stagneert na decennia van vooruitgang

De natuurcijfers van het CBS spelen een belangrijke rol in allerlei maatschappelijk discussies, zoals die over stikstof en biodiversiteit. Ook zijn ze onmisbaar voor de verplichte rapportages aan de Europese Unie. Lees meer over Natuurstatistieken van groot belang voor nationaal en internationaal beleid

In 2022, young people across the EU left their parental home on average at the age of 26.4 years. However, this average varied among EU countries. The highest average age is recorded in Croatia (33.4 years). In contrast, the lowest average ages were registered in Finland (21.3 years), Sweden (21.4), Denmark (21.7) Estonia (22.7) and The Netherlands (23). Lees meer over When do young Europeans leave their parental home?

By the end of June, EU+ countries received 519 000 applications for asylum. Based on current trends, applications could exceed 1 million by the end of 2023. Analysis released by the European Union Agency for Asylum on the first half of 2023 reveals a continuation of more asylum applications being lodged in the EU, following a significant 53 % increase in 2022 over the-then previous year. Lees meer over Over half a million asylum applications in EU+ countries, in the first half of 2023

In 2022, 9.3% of the EU population declared that they were not able to keep their home adequately warm. Compared with 2021, this share increased by 2.4 percentage points (pp). The situation varied across the EU countries. The highest share of people unable to keep their home adequately warm were registered in Bulgaria (22.5%), the lowest in Finand (1.4%), In the Netherlands 5.3%. Lees meer over 9% of EU population unable to keep home warm in 2022

The car continues to be the dominant means of transport in all EU countries compared with journeys by train, bus and coach, plane or boat. In 2021, transport by car accounted for 79.7% of passenger-kilometres across the EU, compared with 7.3% for planes, 7.1% for coaches, buses or trolley buses, 5.6% for trains, and 0.3% for sea boats. Lees meer over EU people on the move: changes in a decade

European governments have 'systematically' shrunk their railways and starved them of funding while pouring money into expanding their road network, a report has found. The length of motorways in Europe grew 60% between 1995 and 2020 while railways shrank 6.5%, according to research from the German thinktanks Wuppertal Institute and T3 Transportation. “This is a political choice,” said Lorelei Limousin, a climate campaigner with Greenpeace, which commissioned the report. Lees meer over European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds