Elections
What does this campaign want to achieve?
The FAFCE campaign aims at encouraging candidates for the elections to the European Parliament to commit themselves to promoting family friendly policies (family mainstreaming) if elected. The campaign is directed at the candidates, through each family and family association who are invited to raise their voice to call for family friendly policies.
The European Parliament elections are an important opportunity for the family! The decisions taken by the European Union influence the daily life of every family across Europe.
The EU elections have an impact both on the European Parliament (751 Members) and on the European Commission (28 Commissioners) that there are renewed every 5 years. The low voter turnout rate at the EU elections in all Member States can be seen as an opportunity for families to vote for those candidates that are ready to commit themselves to family friendly policies.
Mothers, fathers and adult children can all take the opportunity to elect family friendly candidates!
Save the Date : Conference on Ukraine – 22 April at the European Parliament
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FAFCE participates at the Symposium Chantiers-Éducation in Rome
26th of March 2026, Brussels From 12 to 15 March 2026 FAFCE participated in the International Seminar organised by the French Catholic Family Associations (AFC) in Rome, dedicated to supporting the educational mission of families, with a particular focus
Meeting of the COMECE Social Affairs Commission
Brussels, 18 March 2025 FAFCE EU Advocacy Director Matthieu Bruynseels took part in the annual meeting of the Social Affairs Commission of COMECE, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union. As required in the Memorandum of Understanding
SAVE THE DATE : FAFCE Webinar “Families and Amoris Laetitia : where are we now ?”
On the tenth anniversary of the encyclical "Amoris Laetitia", which asks for a renewed pastoral of marriage and family, FAFCE will organise a Webinar on the current status of the pastoral care for families. 👉 Friday 27 March at
Intergenerational Fairness Strategy acknowledges FAFCE idea of a Demographic Forum
Brussels, 11 March 2026 After many months of consultation of civil society, the European Commission presented its first "Intergenerational Fairness Strategy" (see full text on the link) on Thursday 5 March 2026 in Brussels. Since its inception of office
European Day for a work-free Sunday: Joint statement of the European Sunday Alliance
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