Family policy does not start with an integrated family package, but with being: It is a continuous process of humanization, so Cor van Beuningen, Kees Buitendijk and Kees Verhaar in the Volkskrant.
The fact that CDJA is concerned about the great pressure that parents and children face is to be commended. However, what is specifically Christian Democrat about the list of measures remains unclear and whether they are going to help to alleviate that pressure is doubtful. Deletion of student debts essentially makes more room for new (hypotheque) debts. By free child care, education inevitably moves from the family to paid professionals.
Read the entire opinion piece Volkskrant.nl.