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Written by Reuters UK
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Thursday, 12 April 2007 11:00 |
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Habsburg reloaded? Immigrants set to swell Vienna
“Rising immigration from its eastern neighbours is putting Vienna on track to become one of Europe's fastest-growing regions and transform its population over the next 25 years to resemble its imperial past…
The new forecast puts Vienna among the 10 fastest-growing European regions, in a league with flourishing areas in Ireland and parts of the Netherlands and Spain, ahead of the shrinking countries from which many of the new Viennese originate….
To cope with the growth, Vienna will double spending on new housing -- 535 million euros (364 million pounds)last year -- over the next years, Madreiter said.
That may help counter a backlash from right-wing parties, which have already made inroads among the ruling Social Democrats' voters on an anti-immigration ticket….”
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