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Lithuania debates child care
The Lithuanian delegation of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament organised a seminar on child care in the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius on 31 May, with more than one hundred party activists.
Child care campaign hits Cyprus
The Movement of social-democrats of Cyprus - EDEK – seized the opportunity of their Party Congress to demonstrate their support for child care by making their own child care petition Book and collecting signatures – as well as by showing the PES’ child care film.
Children need children
Child care is not a parking place but a once in a lifetime chance to acquire social and learning skills was the message from speaker after the speaker at the SPD/PES Women Seminar on child care in Berlin on 12 June.
"Flimkien" - All together
Maltese society must adapt and consider child care facilities as a priority, the leader of the Maltese Labour Party (MPL) Alfred Sant told a packed child care seminar in Valletta. With strong support from the MLP and its leader, the seminar received high attention, with organised child care in Malta still in its early stages.
PASOK to double child care
"My ambition is to double the present number of creches in 4 years”, PASOK Leader George Papandreou said, outlining one of the key commitments in a proposed new social pact for families and children.
Barroso tells PES: Commission is committed to expanding child care
The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, has written to the PES stating that “the Commission is fully committed to the development of child care services.”
Child care in railway stations ?
The Belgian Parti Socialiste has made an innovative proposal to create nurseries in and around railway stations in order to increase the number of pre-school child care places and make nurseries more accessible to parents who have to commute to work.
Watch the proposition of Christie Morreale (PS Belgium)
Polish Party Leaders ‘Put Children First’
The Polish Social Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) has thrown its weight behind the PES child care campaign. The SLD organized events in no less than 15 Polish cities in one weekend. It started with a press conference on Friday in a playground in Warsaw!!
SPD gets legal right to child care
From 2013, parents in Germany will have a legal right to a child care place from the first year of their children’s life – thanks to the social democratic party SPD!
