Europe is facing the tightening grip of the demographic trap. With a dwindling workforce tasked with supporting a growing number of retirees, compounded by a significant immigration crisis straining state social budgets, the continent finds itself teetering on the edge of recession. Unfunded pension entitlements, once manageable, now loom at levels exceeding several hundred percent of GDP. This impending catastrophe threatens to derail productivity and plunge nations into economic turmoil.