&gt; Maybe instead, European nations should look into instituting domestic policies that encourage the population to maintain a healthy replacement rate.<p>So, 18 months maternity&#x2F;paternity leave, 180€ per month per child you have, plus tax breaks, plus better credit rating, plus 12 more sick days a year, plus subsidized kindergarten and daycare (with guaranteed daycare place from age 3 on), cheap whole-day school for children, and after-school care for them, is not enough?<p>What else are we supposed to do? Seriously? We have all this, and still birth rates below 1.2 children in Germany. Seriously.