President Sergio Mattarella says it is Constitutional obligation for the political world to help young couples start families. Mattarella said in a message to a conference on reversing declining birth rates.
Italy's birth rate fell to a new record low of 393,000 in 2022, almost 7,000 fewer births than in 2021. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said that reversing Italy's declining birth rate is among her government's top priorities, with the 2024 budget bill allocating 2.5 billion euros to addressing this issue. The budget includes measures for nurseries, tax breaks for firms that give working mothers permanent job contracts and payment of the social-security contributions of women who have two children or more. The Italian birth-rate trend is serious, Family Minister Eugenia Maria Roccella told the conference."It is a question of implementing what is dictated by theConstitution", Mattarella told a conference entitled 'For a Young Europe: Demographic Transition, Environment,Future'