  German child care  Fighting over the Kinder  Crèches trump the
euro and much else in the German election campaign  See article
Readers' comments    Stavros Saripanidis  Dear Editors,  A 2.1
fertility rate is necessary in order to maintain a Country's
population stable, over one generation.  In Germany, child
rearing is already heavily subsidised.  2013 fertility rates in
Denmark (1.73) and the Netherlands (1.78) remain inadequate,
despite exemplary funding and child care!   Low fertility rates
in Europe have obviously nothing to do with State funding. They
are part of new cultural, social and sexual trends.  Stavros
Saripanidis, Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology  A Basque
I am not German, although I live with one and have a daughter
together. I come from a background where parents have equally
shared child care. Both my parents have been full time workers
outside the house. And I don't feel that I have been abandoned.
My mother does not feel that she had to work double and what is
more important (f