Le ralentissement de la croissance economique et le vieillissement demographique expliquent que l'on s'interroge sur l'avenir de retraites fondees sur la repartition. L'objet de cet article est de montrer que la difficulte reelle a laquelle fait face notre systeme de retraite n'est pas de nature...

The European population is living longer but retiring earlier. More and more individuals are spending an increasing fraction of their lifetime relying on retirement benefits. At the same time, social security programs face mounting financial difficulties. The purpose of this paper is to explain...

The purpose of this paper is twofold: it presents the current state of the welfare state in the European Union, and it considers its future prospects given the various challenges to which it is exposed. In the presentation of social protection, which is the main component of the welfare state,...