Portugal approves family support measures
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa countersigned the government decree establishing exceptional measures to help families offset the effects of inflation. By … Read more
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New rights to improve work-life balance for parents and carers in the EU enter into application
As of today, all Member States must apply EU-wide rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers adopted in 2019. These rules set … Read more
12% of European households have 3 or more children
In 2021, of the 197 million households in the EU, approximately one quarter had children living with them (24%). Among these households with … Read more
Germany: The Federal Constitutional Court has declared it unconstitutional that the number of children is not taken into account in the contributions to long-term care insurance
The legislature must make the contribution system for long-term care insurance more family-friendly and give parents relief in proportion to the number … Read more
How many children were born in Europe in 2020?
Last data from Eurostat In 2020, 4.07 million babies were born in the EU, continuing a downward trend which began in 2008 when … Read more
Two-child policy hasn’t made UK families smaller, only poorer, finds report
Research shows benefits cut has barely changed fertility rates and pushed thousands of British families deeper into poverty By theguardian.com It was … Read more
Italy: Families on the rise but smaller and smaller
By Alfio Spitaleri, ANFN In 1971 the families made up of five members or more represented 21.5% of the total number of resident … Read more
The European Parliament recalls the heavy work of caregivers, especially mothers, during the pandemic
By FAFCE Last week, the European Parliament adopted two resolutions on the difficult consequences of the pandemic on European families. The texts … Read more
OECD recommends Spain to invest more in children and families, as Spanish Large Families Federation has been claiming for years
Spain must improve its family policies and allocate more resources to social policies aimed at families and children. This is the main … Read more
Large family card to be valid across Baltic countries
The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian competent authorities have signed an agreement on cooperation in implementation of the Family Card programmes in all … Read more