slide

Malta - Country Profile on the European Semester and COVID-19 crisis

The government’s support to families and children during the crisis was adequate.

After 8 March 2020, at least one of the parents (in the private sector) was required to stay at home to take care of their school-aged children, such parents received a direct payment of €166.15 per week if working on a full-time basis and €103.85 per week if working on a part-time basis.

Read the country profile and the full report.




Related Resources

slide
16 September 2026

Putting Children’s Rights at the Heart of the Enlargement Package

How Eurochild mobilised national children’s rights organisations to inform the European Commission's 2026 Enlargement Package. Children’s rights must be an essential part of the EU enlargement process. As candidate and…
read more
slide
7 September 2026

Beyond Employment: Making the European Pillar for Social Rights Deliver for Children

Eurochild’s position paper on the renewed European Pillar of Social Rights 2026. Eurochild welcomes the renewed commitment to the European Pillar of Social Rights but calls for children to be…
read more
slide
17 July 2026

Eurochild analysis of the 2026 European Semester Spring Package

Eurochild calls for putting children at the heart of the European Semester to ensure sustainable investment in children's rights. Despite growing recognition of children's rights in the European Semester, the…
read more