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Can Europe Afford Its Welfare State?

Bloomberg Television | November 8, 2026



Europe’s postwar welfare state was built for a younger, growing population. Today, aging communities are putting pensions, health care and public finances under mounting strain. As governments try to fund defense, infrastructure and education at the same time, the fight over who pays is spilling into politics and the streets.
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  1. @mp3ly

    November 8, 2026 at 3:23 pm

    The European scam of churning through legal and illegal migrants (with poverty ongoing for everyone) is coming to an end ?
    Where has the European wealth gone from 70 years of migration and the modern day slavery racket of migration powering European countries ?
    The European arbitrators of: deceit, treachery and treason are going to collapse miserably. The number of fools turning up to power the European economy will decline in the upcoming years, who will they blame next ?

  2. @randolphwh9551

    November 8, 2026 at 3:23 pm

    Chinese people shut the fuk up every single time is the same bulshit when they're beating us in every single category on including healthcare and education and health outcomes and maternity we don't get to hear that but as soon as anyone fails you're like see you should be glad we never help you people out

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