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"Madam President, currently, the number of single mothers is increasing steadily in Europe, but so is that of fathers who are bringing up children single-handedly. There is an ever-growing number of ‘latchkey children’ who remain unsupervised during afternoon hours.
It is laudable that the European Parliament is speaking about the difficulties single parents have in remaining competitive in the labour market. It is very important to create the right conditions and prepare instruments that will support single mothers and single fathers in the difficulties they face on a day-to-day basis. Europe should create more programmes aimed at single parents which support their active involvement in the labour market. Such programmes should, on the one hand, allow single parents to improve their existing qualifications, acquire new skills and learn more about self-employment, but they should also offer child care during periods of study and allow single parents easier access to education and opportunities to gain new skills, so that they are in a position to maintain their competitiveness in the labour market. Ensuring that the professional ambitions of single parents are fulfilled is very important to the proper development of their children. In my speech, I have deliberately mentioned single fathers, since, in my opinion, the report should also include single fathers, even if their numbers are significantly lower."@en1
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