"There is no demographic decline, the inhabitants of the planet are increasing. Using terms that I did not like, I spoke of ethnic substitution, as if one were obliged to read texts on international conspiracies. But here we are talking about falling birth rates to protect our culture and our language, not race. We are here to understand if our linguistic and cultural grouping can survive", said the Minister for Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, participating in the States General of the birth rate. "I think it is obvious to everyone that there is no Italian breed. It is a false problem to imagine a concept of this nature. However, there is a culture, an Italian ethnicity, what Treccani defines as a linguistic and cultural grouping, which I imagine that in this conference we tend to protect. Because otherwise it wouldn't make sense," Lollobrigida said. "The population of the world is growing and many of those born in the world would like to come and live in Italy. So why worry about births in Italy? If the answer is to increase the birth rate, it is probably for reasons related to the defense of that belonging, to which many are linked, I in particular with pride, to what is Italian culture, to our linguistic stock, to our way of life". Criticism from the opposition.
"Minister Lollobrigida, my daughters have German fathers, Croatian grandmothers, Dutch great-grandmothers and another Estonian. How do you classify them? First the race, then the ethnicity: to err is human, to persevere... Don't you really believe it?" So in a tweet the senator of the Democratic Party Simona Malpezzi comments on the recent statement of the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida. "The reference to the Italian ethnicity of the ineffable Lollobrigida is the natural epilogue of the gaffe on ethnic substitution. This time he cannot take refuge behind ignorance. The minister is a serial provocateur. Meloni chases him, otherwise it means that he shares these rants". This was written on Twitter by the deputy of Art.1 Arturo Scotto, commenting on the words of the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida.
GIORGETTI - "I believe that it should be strongly reiterated that the economic system is closely related to the phenomenon of birth rates. There is also the possibility of quantifying in some way what the impact is: between now and 2042, with the current fertility rates, our country risks losing impressive percentages of GDP, equal to 18%. This is a first datum from which to start". This was stated by the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti in a video message to the States General of the birth rate underway in Rome.
"I believe that in itself a fiscal policy for the family is not the decisive element, but it is certainly important. And what we have already done, but above all we will have to do even when discussing overall tax reform, is to think correctly also from an economic and fiscal point of view about what the concept of disposable income is", added Giorgetti. "The methods can be many", he added: "I believe that the important thing is to discuss it, but above all to put this challenge as a priority of the political agenda".
"Unfortunately I cannot be present at the general states of the birth rate, I would have liked to be able to do so also because a few weeks ago I tried to introduce into the political debate a theme that is epochal, which also concerns the survival of our society and also the sustainability of the economic system". This was stated by the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti in a video message to the States General of the birth rate underway in Rome.
The 'real pension reform is to promote the birth rate' "For many years, politics has been discussing the sustainability of the social security system, which has been answered over time with the usual recipes, namely raising the retirement age, penalties for early retirement. For heaven's sake, all interventions that have made it possible to correct the curve and make the social security system more sustainable, but it is absolutely undeniable that the real pension reform is actually a reform that promotes the birth rate. Without this kind of approach the system does not hold," the minister said. "Already today, if we were to look at the numbers in an aggregate sense, we find that out of 100 pensioners we have 111 employed, in 39 provinces in Italy the number of pensioners is higher than the number of employed. It is not that the solution can simply continue to increase social security contributions, on the contrary we are trying to make relief interventions in the opposite direction", he added.
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Roccella, ready the measure of accompaniment to maternity - Chronicle
"We have in place a measure of accompaniment to maternity together with the Ministry of Health that will be ready before the summer". (ANSA)
Salvini, provide for a deduction of 10 thousand euros per child "Providing a deduction of 10 thousand euros each child I think everyone agrees. This is one of the objectives we have set ourselves. Giorgetti has just heard it. It is one of the themes that is close to his heart and from desire we will have to move on to realization. There will always be someone who complains because they have an only child, but choices have to be made." This was declared by the leader of the League and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini at the States General of the birth rate in Rome, responding to those who asked for a comment on tax deductions to promote the birth rate.
"The birth rate is an issue that could unite: we can have different ideas about politics but if in fifty years we will be 11 million less it is not a success for anyone", says the leader of the League. "In the labor decree it is foreseen that trains, fringe benefits, bonuses to those who have children can be exempted from taxes. Then, for example, encouraging the purchase of seven-seater cars is a political choice. Helping women who risk their lives with economic aid combines different political colors, the year made regions governed by the center-right but also in Puglia ".
Carfagna, political sharing is needed "I think that the universal single allowance can be a march towards the universal single quotient. We need high priorities and necessary political sharing. Maximum willingness to support the government on this and there must be no differences. The made in Italy on which we must focus are the children who are born and the mothers who take care of them and raise them". This was said by the deputy of Action Mara Carfagna in her speech at the States General of the birth rate in Rome. "We are used to discussing birth rates as an economic phenomenon: but the gigantic problem is the distance between the desire for motherhood of Italian women and the actual possibility of being able to have children: all the analyzes tell us that many more children are desired than are made. We are violating the right to maternity of Italian women, and it is an inalienable right that comes first, it concerns not a minority but half of the Italian population. From here we must start for every political confrontation", says Carfagna. "It needs to be an absolute priority: it is true that we have problems on the accounts but the right to maternity is the first right, so it must be a priority. With the Draghi government we have invested 20 billion. The Meloni government has done well to implement and confirm these measures".
Schlein, there is a link between falling birth rates and precariousness of women "I very much agree on a structural approach to counteract the demographic collapse: the Democratic Party has spent itself to increase the single allowance, a fair and universal instrument". This was stated by the leader of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, connected with the States General of the birth rate. "It is also important to encourage female employment, there is no opposition between the two instruments, indeed they go hand in hand. Then just reduce the weight of the first house in the calculation of the Isee. Then it is true that there is fear of the future: there is a link between falling birth rates and precariousness that mainly affects women, young people and southerners. That is why we are against fixed-term contracts. Then we are obsessed with increasing nurseries, increasing its access." "We are less convinced on the road to tax deductions: it would be a step backwards compared to the organic arrangement of the single check," said the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly. "The one on nurseries - he added - is a game on which we play a piece of the future of the country. It is not only about building the walls but also about giving the municipalities the funds for management and staff. And then we need to qualify the professional figures".
Conte, for the birth rate strengthen welfare "In the future we are fighting for the reduction of working time for equal pay: it is a battle of the Five Stars. Then we need more welfare: Count Two is the one who approved the single allowance that must be strengthened, I imagine also the extension to paternity leave. There are so many dropouts related to the labor market." This was stated by the leader of the Five Stars, Giuseppe Conte, in a video sent to the States General of the birth rate.
Bonetti, touching single check would be a step backwards "Can you team up? Yes, because we have done it and we are continuing to do it. The experience of the last legislature is nothing that belongs to me or to Mara Carfagna. But to an overall reasoning: to define the strategy of the single allowance and the Family Act. That reform was a new method and we must follow the good work that has been done. And in that work there is a piece of everyone". This was declared by the deputy of Italy Viva Elena Bonetti during her speech at the States General of the birth rate in Rome. "The universal single allowance - he added - represents an innovation in the field of taxation because it treats all citizens equally. It is a historic step because it introduces negative taxation. Going back to tax deductions would be a step backwards."
Lollobrigida, more born to defend Italian language and culture "There is no demographic decline, the inhabitants of the planet are increasing. Using terms that I did not like, I spoke of ethnic substitution, as if one were obliged to read texts on international conspiracies. But here we are talking about falling birth rates to protect our culture and our language, not race. We are here to see if our linguistic and cultural grouping can survive." This was stated by the Minister for Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, participating in the States General of the birth rate. "To be a team, the goal must be the same. Otherwise it is the people who give you an address that you must then pursue. For me there is a commitment to allow free men and women to become parents. This requires a series of interventions to support them becoming mothers, not to force them to be. Where there is more welfare, there is automatically an increase in births. The province of Bolzano is the one with the highest number of births, where parenting is involved. We have to look pragmatically at this," he added. "We have confirmed all the measures: for us - he underlined - the principle of reversing the demographic collapse is fundamental. In the coming years we will take up the challenge, having stable governments able to plan, but the money is not infinite, we need to identify priorities. Where is the commitment on the birth rate among the commitments of the political forces? For us at FdI it is an issue that is in first place and not from today, hoping that it will be the same for all the other parties, otherwise we would be at the letters of Santa Claus. I am convinced that population growth corresponds to economic growth."
