32. Recalls that Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 lays down the principle that children should be able to maintain their relationships with both parents after the latter have separated, even if they live in different Member States; points out that, although the introduction and application of substantive rules on access rights is currently a Member State matter, the Member States must respect Union law when exercising their powers, in particular the Treaty provisions concerning the freedom of all EU citizens to travel and reside in anoth ...[+++]er Member State as well as maintaining ties between parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, and brothers and sisters; adds that the occasionally lengthy waiting periods and the number of procedures constraining parents who wish to return to their home country with their child/children are a barrier to the free movement of EU citizens; calls on the Commission to investigate alleged discrimination against the non-German spouse in mixed marriages by the German Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt );

7'. close relatives' means the spouse, children, parents, persons exercising parental authority, grandparents and grandchildren.

99. Asks that particular attention be paid to the situation of refugee, asylum seeker and migrant children, and to the children of parents who are asylum seekers, refugees or undocumented, so that every child can fully exercise its rights, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the right to non-discrimination, with the best interests of the child being given the highest possible priority in all actions taken, though acknowledging the important role and the responsibility of parents; draws attention to the development in some Member States of a two-tier education system and stresses that differe ...[+++]nt care and assistance arrangements for children of nationals and non-nationals should neither be discriminatory nor long-lasting and should be justified in terms of ensuring better education, including in the host country languages, for all children;

99. Asks that particular attention be paid to the situation of refugee, asylum seeker and migrant children, and to the children of parents who are asylum seekers, refugees or undocumented, so that every child can fully exercise its rights, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the right to non-discrimination, with the best interests of the child being given the highest possible priority in all actions taken, though acknowledging the important role and the responsibility of parents; draws attention to the development in some Member States of a two-tier education system and stresses that differe ...[+++]nt care and assistance arrangements for children of nationals and non-nationals should neither be discriminatory nor long-lasting and should be justified in terms of ensuring better education, including in the host country languages, for all children;

98. Asks that particular attention be paid to the situation of refugee, asylum seeker and migrant children, and to the children of parents who are asylum seekers, refugees or undocumented, so that every child can fully exercise its rights, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the right to non-discrimination, with the best interest of the child being given the highest possible priority in all actions taken, though acknowledging the important role and the responsibility of parents; draws attention to the development in some Member States of a two-tier education system and stresses that differen ...[+++]t care and assistance arrangements for children of nationals and non-nationals should neither be discriminatory nor long-lasting and should be justified in terms of ensuring better education, including in the host country languages, for all children;

From 2002, there is a guarantee for 3 hours/day child care for children of unemployed parents and of mothers having a second/further baby, in order to give parents of small children better opportunities to seek and take up work.