Spain's President Announces Plan to Pay Families (including same sex couples) €2,500 for Each New Birth or Adoption

but critics counter that the costs of child raising are more long-term than a simple one time cash handout and request, in addition, widely available free day-care, free summer camps where they can send the bratty kids away when it's scorching hot, free nappies, formula and kiddie clothes. Read IHT report (in English) here.