The Basque Strategy for the 2030 Demographic Challenge has been approved by the Government on 21 June. The strategy is articulated around five main axes: youth emancipation, family construction, healthy aging, migration socialization and increased rural value. All the resolutions (74) adopted by the Plenary of the Basque Parliament at its meeting on 18 May on the demographic challenge are taken up. “The strategy aims to create conditions for people to have as many children as they want.”

The strategy adopted is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. All gender strategies and activities have been reported. In fact, one of the goals is that motherhood or paternity can be shared with other life projects.

In addition, another objective is to recognise and protect family diversity, equal treatment and non-discrimination of individuals and families.

They also want to give importance to the autonomy of the elderly, to promote full life and social participation throughout their entire life cycle “by boosting the increase in healthy life expectancy and by adapting policies, services and programs to the expectations, capabilities or interests of older generations”.

Finally, it is intended to help young people to face the difficulties in carrying out their life project, promoting conditions favorable to emancipation.

The measures are grouped into three groups. Four actions with short-term impact criteria are envisaged in the first block. The first, with a monthly allowance of EUR 200 per child. They explain this: “It will be compatible with the current benefits for large families from 4 to 7 years old, with the current tax deductions and with the RGI’s child allowance.” The second is loans for young people, which will be interest-free loans and which will make it possible to repay in the long term. The loan may be used for entrepreneurship, training or housing projects. The third activity is that the children's school in stage 0-2 is free of charge. The fourth and final activity is “incorporating the demographic approach”. This incorporation will be carried out in the development of sectoral laws, standards, strategies or action plans or investment programmes.

The second block also focuses on four axes: measures of youth emancipation that promote housing, employment, entrepreneurship and autonomy; measures to support family construction, reconciliation and growth of children; measures to promote complete and healthy ageing; and measures to attract and integrate migrants.

The third block establishes three transversal “lines of action”: measures that prevent and revalue aging and depopulation in rural areas; prospecting, dissemination and communication; and budget, monitoring and evaluation.