28/08/2007 Ursula von der Leyen (Family Affairs, CDU)
family policy
General Ronald Pofalla, the agreement between the federal and state has welcomed a funding plan for the expansion of child care for little children. The CDU had "very strongly supports freedom of choice for families", Pofalla said on Tuesday. Parents, both children wanted to work as well in future given the chance. Specifically the Secretary-General thanked the Federal Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen. "Without them, it was not for this milestone in the family policy."
The Minister of Family von der Leyen, Minister of Finance Steinbrück and Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Wulff presented a compromise will pave the way for a legal entitlement to care for children under three years from 2013. The Federal Government contributes significantly more to the cost of day care than previously planned. Draft legislation is due in September. Specifically
will take the federal government until 2013 a total of 2.15 billion euros in investment costs and 1.85 billion euros, ongoing operational costs. From 2014, the federal government owns 770 million euros annually in the operation of child care. Steinbrueck had originally only the Federal Government will participate in the investment cost. The coalition had In May it agreed, the number of childcare places for children under three years to triple by 2013 to 750,000 in order to achieve a better balance between work and family.
Von der Leyen spoke of a "great and successful day for parents and young families in Germany." It is almost historically that would be implemented within months of such a large project. It has managed to divide the long-term financing of the core project of the grand coalition under fair and just federal, state and local authorities, praised the CDU politician. Wulff stressed that the compromise would "work and family, children and career" compatible in Germany.
No agreement on care benefit
No breakthrough was achieved by the negotiators on the issue of whether parents who raise their children better at home, a compensation payment - a so-called care benefit - are to receive. The highlight, an amount of 150 € is being discussed. The countries with Bayern at the top want the federal government pays the costs. While Steinbrück to take over the costs clearly rejected, von der Leyen pointed to the coalition decisions: "The range is based on legal entitlement to care allowance," the CDU politician. Both objectives are enshrined in the coalition agreement. In the paper of May it is on this point: "is from 2013 for those parents that their kids from 1 to 3 years, not in institutions who is ill or may have a monthly payment (eg money management) are implemented. "
source>> http://www.cdu.de/archiv/2370_20644.htm
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