Eurofound, the EU agency for developing policy in the social and employment domains, published a study on Tuesday 6 February on the situation of families in the EU, in which it highlights severe impoverishment of single-parent and large families since the 2008 financial crisis.
The figures speak volumes: the agency explains, for example, that in some, unquoted, member states, 8 single-parent families of every 10 are at risk of poverty and social exclusion. The study notes that state aid is...