The AAE paper, “The ageing of the EU – implications for pensions” was shortlisted in the “Best Pensions Paper 2016 (Europe)” Award category as “Highly Commended” in Savvy Investor Awards 2016. This discussion paper analyses some of the key features of “The 2015 Ageing Report” and “The 2015 Pension Adequacy Report”, published in 2015 by the European Commission. It comments on the underlying population projections and the scope for differences of view and then considers what the projections tel...