CHILD CARE : MEPS WANT MEMBER STATES TO MEET THEIR COMMITMENTS.

• Position: Members of Parliament

MEPs have expressed their fears that the Czech EU Presidency's proposal to consider child care a "fully fledged alternative to a professional career" will lead to a return to the traditional division of labour between men and women. By adopting an alternative motion for a resolution put forward by the Greens-EFA group (replacing the original report from the Women's Rights Committee) - with 358 votes in favour, 271 against and 28 abstentions - they call upon the member states to fulfil their commitments to the Barcelona goals of 2002 to introduce child care provisions for 90% of the children between three years old and the mandatory...