A shrinking population is a major worry for the eurozone's third-largest country, with the economy minister warning this week that Italy's GDP risked dropping by 18 percentage points over the next two decades if current birth trends continued.
The education minister said on Thursday current demographics suggested that Italy's school population was set to shrink by one million over the next 10 years.
@PopeFrancis acknowledged that there were "almost insurmountable constraints" on young women forced to choose between their career and motherhood (#myass). Given the high costs involved in raising children, people were revising their priorities, he added.
Meloni campaigned on a "God, family and homeland" platform.
-Italians are having fewer children, so we're replacing them with someone else
-Yes to helping births, no to ethnic replacement. (Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Minister Francesco Lollobrigida)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italy-birth-rate-pope-meloni-1.6841048
The education minister said on Thursday current demographics suggested that Italy's school population was set to shrink by one million over the next 10 years.
@PopeFrancis acknowledged that there were "almost insurmountable constraints" on young women forced to choose between their career and motherhood (#myass). Given the high costs involved in raising children, people were revising their priorities, he added.
Meloni campaigned on a "God, family and homeland" platform.
-Italians are having fewer children, so we're replacing them with someone else
-Yes to helping births, no to ethnic replacement. (Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Minister Francesco Lollobrigida)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italy-birth-rate-pope-meloni-1.6841048