The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóoannounced this Friday that his party’s Conciliation Law will raise raise the deductions per child from 1,200 to 1,800 euros per year to increase the birth rate. In addition, he has proposed shielding bonuses for large families to hire caregivers.
He said this in a media meeting in Barcelona with the leader of the Catalan PP, Alejandro Fernández, after meeting with the Associació de Famílies Nombroses de Catalunya-Fanoc, and he regretted that lMaternity deductions have not been updated since the government of José María Aznar 25 years ago.
He has also raised “protect by law” the 45% bonus for hiring caregivers for large families, and has proposed that the condition of large family be maintained when the father or mother divorces and is in shared custody.
The leader of the PP has once again explained some aspects of the Conciliation Law that they want to register in Congress and which will be presented to the social agents in a round of contacts that will open with them starting on October 7.
Free preschool
He recalled his proposal for free nursery schools throughout Spain from 0 to 3 years old, plus discounts, un time bank to facilitate reconciliation and extend paternity and maternity leave up to 20 weeks.
“For Catalan families it is a much higher priority to have free nursery schools than to open embassies”
“My approach is co-finance free nursery schools at 50% with the Generalitat, both public, concerted and private, as we are already doing in the autonomous communities governed by the PP,” he said.
Furthermore, Feijóo has assured that for Catalan families it is a lot It is a higher priority to have free nursery schools than to “open embassies”, in reference to the network of Generalitat delegations abroad.
Feijóo hopes that the Conciliation Law that they bring to Congress will be the “most advanced democracy in matters of conciliation”, with the aim of seeking solutions to the aging of Spanish society.
“We cannot afford the difficulties that young and middle-aged people are having in having children and to build a family”, and added that conciliation has implications in areas such as care, education, the economy and the labor market.
Feijóo has also criticized the Government of Pedro Sanchez for not addressing it: “Spain He has not focused on politics for more than six years useful, but in the politics that confronts”, instead of serving society, according to him.
