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Kastler believes that Sunday needs to be protected as a work-free day of family and rest in order that children do not run the risk of suffering from today's flexibilisation of the business world. His view is that the key to a successful protection of children is giving parents time for them. Thus,
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and a substitute member of the Committee on Development. He is member of the Delegation EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and a substitute member of the Delegation to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly EU-ACP, spokesman for
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the introduction of a work-free Sunday contributes to turning Europe into the world's most child-oriented area. He hints at the historical entrenchment of the work-free Sunday in the
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Development Policy of the CSU group in the European Parliament and vice chairman of the Intergroup "Bioethics" and the EPP Working Group "Bioethics" in the European Parliament.
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