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Middle-class mothers in France could be paid up to \u20ac1,000 (\u00a3675) a month – almost the minimum wage – to stop work for a year and have a third child under a government scheme to boost the birthrate, already among the highest in Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n

Despite female employment statistics that are the envy of the continent, the government remains worried about the reluctance of better-educated women to have babies. A plan to be unveiled by the prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, today is expected to double an existing cash incentive for big families.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

"Big" is apparently a relative term…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Going to pay: Middle-class mothers in France could be paid up to \u20ac1,000 (\u00a3675) a month – almost the minimum wage – to stop work for a year and have a third child under a government scheme to boost the birthrate, already among the highest in Europe. 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