Fig. 1
Relevance of shrinkage in citizens’ ideas in the debate on the future of Europe.
Source: own elaboration based on data from the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Table 1
Coding results of Citizens’ ideas in the Conference on the Future of Europe.
| Subsections of main code | Main code | No. of ideas |
|---|---|---|
| Awareness-raising on shrinkage or depopulation | 20 | |
| Proposals to mitigate shrinkage or depopulation | 28 | |
| Ruralism and remoteness proposals | 20 | |
| Re-localism and deglomeration proposals | 26 | |
| Re-utilisation of infrastructure proposals | 3 | |
| Digital relocation of labour proposals | 6 | |
| Proposals for structurally weak regions | 16 | |
| Calling for further depopulation | 5 | |
| Urbanisation and agglomeration | 8 |
[i] Source: own elaboration based on data from the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Table 2
Language of shrinkage-related ideas in the Conference on the Future of Europe.
| Languages/topics | Shrinkage, depopulation, ageing | Remoteness and relocalism | Indirect affinity with shrinkage | No. of ideas | % on total ideas per language |
| English | 24 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 2.6 |
| French | 6 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 3.7 |
| German | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 1.3 |
| Spanish | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4.8 | |
| Italian | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2.3 | |
| Slovakian | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11.8 |
| Portuguese | 3 | 3 | 4.4 | ||
| Hungarian | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.3 | |
| Finnish | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | |
| Latvian | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | |
| Romanian | 1 | 1 | 2.6 | ||
| Dutch | 1 | 1 | 0.6 | ||
| Swedish | 1 | 1 | 2.2 | ||
| Polish | 1 | 1 | 1.9 |
[i] Source: own elaboration based on data from the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Fig. 2
Concentration of shrinkage-related ideas across themes of the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Source: own elaboration based on data from the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Fig. 3
Citizens’ proposals to mitigate shrinkage and depopulation.
Source: own elaboration based on data from the Conference on the Future of Europe.