Updated March 21, 2024 at 3:50 p.m.* PARIS — It was a word choice worthy of a Napoleonic call to arms: Réarmement démographique. French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent announcement of a “demographic rearmament” captured the high stakes he sees in trying to combat declining birth rates. In his Jan. 16 address, Macron warned against the “scourge” of a nation that doesn’t make enough babies, and the need to combat it with better-paid parental leave and other such social programs. For the latest news & views from every corner of the world, Worldcrunch Today is the only truly international newsl…