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European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC)

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European Large Families Confederation (ELFAC)

News, information, contacts, rights of large families of the European countries

ELFAC is an organisation created to promote support and benefits for large families around Europe. This confederation facilitates European large families associations communication.

11/08/2026

European Parliament: Panel on Housing Policies and Families in Europe
September 9 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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With an average increase of house prices by more than 60%, and of rents by more than 20% in the past ten years, millions of Europeans are struggling to find a home they can afford. By hurting labour mobility, access to education, and family formation, the housing crisis is hampering both the competi...

10/08/2026

ASFANU Romania Joined the Largest Children’s Day Festival in Bucharest
👉 The municipality of Piatra Neamt joins the conversation on Large Family Card.

The municipality of Piatra Neamt joins the conversation on Large Family Card.

07/08/2026

Croatia’s Minister of Demography and Immigration, Ivan Šipić, received the international “Fighter for Families” Award in Barcelona
👉 The award was presented by Plataforma per la Família Catalunya-ONU, whose board of directors includes the Catalan association of large families, FANOC.

The award was presented by Plataforma per la Família Catalunya-ONU, whose board of directors includes the Catalan association of large families, FANOC.

06/08/2026

Portugal: families join forces to call for family-friendly property tax reduction
👉 A new APFN (Associação Portuguesa de Famílias Numerosas) digital campaign is empowering families across Portugal to advocate for the nationwide adoption of the Family IMI, a municipal property tax reduction that supports households with children.

A new APFN digital campaign is empowering families across Portugal to advocate for the nationwide adoption of the Family IMI, a municipal property tax reduction that supports households with children.

05/08/2026

ELFAC participated in a workshop in Brussels on local policies and housing in Europe
👉 The event, organized by SME Connect, took place on July 14 at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) under the motto “Regions, Cities, Municipalities and the Local Economy at the Heart of Europe’s Housing Debate”. ELFAC was represented by Kinga Joó, vice president.

The event, organized by SME Connect, took place on July 14 at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) under the motto “Regions, Cities, Municipalities and the Local Economy at the Heart of Europe’s Housing Debate”.

04/08/2026

Croatia’s car bonus for large families: a new way to combat empty nests
👉 In 2026 there will be 700 more new births than last year, but the balance between new births and deaths is decidedly negative for a population of almost four million inhabitants.

The latest form of support devised by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković 's center-right government to stem Croatia's demographic decline involves the purchase of cars for large families . Demography Minister Ivan Šipić announced that starting this fall, families with four or more children will be a...

03/08/2026

The Spanish National Congress of Large Families returns to Badajoz this October, organized by the Federación Española de Familias Numerosas (FEFN) and Fefanex.
👉 On 10 October 2026, under the slogan ‘Large families: the best place to grow up’.

The Spanish Federation of Large Families (FEFN), together with the Extremadura Federation of Large Families (FEFANEX), will hold the 15th National Congress of Large Families in Badajoz on 10 October 2026, under the slogan ‘Large families: the best place to grow up’.

31/07/2026

Opinion: Life Is Better With Siblings.
👉 Some of what shapes a child can’t be supplied by parents at all, no matter how attentive or well resourced. It comes from siblings.

We have a word for children without parents: orphaned. We have a word for those who lose a spouse: widowed. There is no single word in English for growing up without siblings; until now, we’ve rarely needed one.

30/07/2026

Are Big Families the Solution to Declining Fertility?

"Big families are like waterbed stores,” comedian and father of five Jim Gaffigan jokes. “They used to be everywhere, and now they’re just weird.”

29/07/2026

Italy: The invisible costs of raising a child: 24,000 euros a year.
👉 Alfredo Caltabiano, president of ANFN (National Association of Large Families): “This is why the birth of a child is often one of the major causes of poverty (…) One in three large families finds itself in this situation”.

A Lumsa researcher's assessment. Caltabiano (ANFN): "This is why the birth of a child is often one of the major causes of poverty."

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