German MEP Helmut Geuking (EPP) wants to strengthen EU action in the field of family policy to boost the birth rate in Europe, in his own-initiative report on the employment and social aspects of the annual sustainable growth strategy of the European budgetary process ‘European Semester’, published on Thursday 6 January on the European Parliament website.
He is therefore suggesting that €50 per birth in the EU be distributed to parents whose income is below the national median. This sum would be divided in two. €25 would be given per child as a direct payment from existing family funds in the Member States. The remaining €25 per child would go towards the creation of newly established European family advisors who will actively work with families at local level.
This ‘25/25’ system would complement the Child Guarantee (see EUROPE 12740/17), he said.
“By making the European Union more family-friendly, more children will be born in Europe again. Strengthening families means strengthening society as a whole”, explains the MEP from the German Family Party (‘Familien-Partei Deutschlands’).
Furthermore, in his explanatory statement, the MEP recalls his strict opposition to any plans for debt mutualisation and a eurozone budget with higher membership contributions. In general, the rapporteur expresses his concerns about the general indebtedness of Member States to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fighting the global ‘Great Reset’ project. Furthermore, the MEP says in his explanatory statement that his report underpins a rejection of the World Economic Forum's initiative, known as the ‘Great Reset’. The reason? This project aims to reshape the global economy and society in the wake of the pandemic.
See the report: https://bit.ly/3KcxzdJ (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)