What are Europeans doing about the falling birth rate?

Question

Several European countries are facing a demographic challenge: women are having fewer children, many couples remain childless, and hence there will be a shortage of wage earners to support the elderly. Not to mention the threat to European civilization of having its population (and hence influence) dwindle.

So, what, if anything, are governments doing? Are there tax breaks for having kids? Improved day-care facilities? What?

Answer 1

In the uk they are giving working families tax credits, but that is just mainly to get bums back to work. They dont seem to be doing anything to encourage people to have children but then again the uk is suffering a mammoth influx of eastern europeans at the moment so we are more concerned with the erosion of the uk national identity and housing.

Answer 2

actually, the best that they can do is to invest in medical services for that.

also, the law must provide harsher punishment for abortion. ^_^

Answer 3

To me, a superior education and the acceptance of moral and ethical mandates professed by a majority of a society will tend to be a better precursor to societal success, rather than any superficial attempt to vanquish the enemy with quantity, rather than quality.