Here you will see news from Europe, from civil society, from research, highlighting emerging trends from local to international level relevant for families of today.
Families are often judged before they are supported. When difficulties arise, the question is rarely what does this family need? but rather what went wrong? Child–family separation is still too often treated as an inevitable solution, when in many cases it is the outcome of poverty, isolation, migration or lack of accessible support.
COFACE Families Europe submitted its response to the European Commission open consultation on enhancing the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities up to 2030. Among our priorities, we call for the adoption of a strong family dimension in the new phase of the strategy through concrete actions; the enhancement of the monitoring and implementation mechanisms for disability policies and legislations that have a family dimension.
The European Network for Binational-Bicultural Couples and Families (ENB) has sent an Open Letter to Members of European Parliament. The letter highlighs urgent and recurring issues, and calls for action.
Call for earmarking of funds for implementation of European Care Strategy under the MFF 2028-2034.
COFACE Families Europe has co-signed the Turin Declaration 2025: "Empowering Families, Enabling Self-Determination"
This coalition of civil society organisations calls for a strong, comprehensive, and human rights-based approach to the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy. Read our recommendations.
COFACE Families Europe and 51 European networks warn that the EU’s next budget may fall short of its ambitions to help deliver a fairer, more inclusive Europe. Following the initial proposals of the next budget by the European Commission, the coalition has released...
The European Commission has been collecting views on the upcoming Action Plan against Cyberbullying. The initiative aims to tackle the growing trend in abusive behaviours online and to create a coordinated EU approach that will support Member States through sharing...
National Caregivers Day 2025: Governments come and go, but carers remain... forgotten. This is the key message on the occasion of the 16th National Carers Day in France coming from the CIAAF alliance for family carers (Collectif Inter-Associatif des Aidants...
