In response to the demographic decline in the 1970s and 1980s, Europe tried to regain laborers through ______________.

A. extensive training programs for the unemployed
B. offering opportunities for work but not citizenship to guest workers
C. extending the age of retirement to seventy-five
D. decreasing taxes to attract more émigrés
E. active recruitment at universities in Third World nations


Answer: B

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