Brussels, 18/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - In an open letter to the heads of state and government, the president of COFACE (EU family organisations), Yves Roland-Gosselin, calls for measures to support families. Such measures, he says, should help families to overcome the effects of the crisis and be considered as investment. They would include: development of services to persons and social services, safeguarding of public services, ensuring financial sustainability of social protection systems,...