Dutch women need more children: minister

Minister for the family André Rouvoet thinks Dutch families should have more children to help pay for the greying of the population, newspaper De Pers reports on Tuesday..


Dutch women have 1.7 children on average. A figure of 2.1% would be ideal, Rouvoet told the paper

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