14. Considers that home services for the elderly could be promoted and organised by encouraging autonomous and cooperative forms of activity, on the basis of agreements with local authorities and the introduction of dedicated vouchers for families;

65. Recalls that in 2009 there were seven times more single mothers than single fathers; takes the view, therefore, that single mothers – together with other vulnerable groups or individuals such as single parents, young families, large families, young people at the start of their professional careers, migrant women, people with disabilities and the elderly – should be given priority in the allocation of social housing; notes that when the economic crisis first began, it had a greater impact on men than on women, but that, as the crisis progressed, the unemployment rate of women has increased more than that of men;

Brussels, 27 February 2012 – The European Commission has requested Luxembourg to end discrimination against migrant workers and members of their families in accessing study grants, financial aid for volunteers and the so-called allowances of 'boni pour enfant'.

There have also been major announcements in equipment, both meeting urgent needs in Afghanistan, such as delivering Chinook helicopters and unmanned area vehicles to the troops, and recapitalizing the baseline, the basic fleet, with, for example, an announcement of $5 billion towards a whole family of land combat vehicles that will equip the army beyond Afghanistan and for the future.

The federal and provincial governments have specific constitutional powers with respect to family law.

Article 10a(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community, as subsequently amended, must, having regard to Articles 48 and 51 of the Treaty, be interpreted as precluding national legislation which, in the case of a person who worked and was habitually resident in one Member State, who then exercised his right to freedom of movement in order to settle in another Member Stat ...[+++]e where he worked and established his habitual abode, and who eventually returned to the former Member State in search of work, makes a special non-contributory benefit with the characteristic features of income support as provided for under United Kingdom legislation subject to the requirement of habitual residence, which, to be fulfilled, presupposes completion of an appreciable period of residence in that State.