Sunday, May 15, 2016

Beatrice Lorenzin: “We risk the demographic collapse, need to act now or it will be too late” – The Republic

ROME – An emergency that requires decisive action. It is now a long time that the Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin noted the theme of the collapse of births as central to the country. Action on baby bonus could be a practical way to deal with it. But not the only one.

The figures are worrying that there are prospects for Italy?
“If we continue with this trend, without being able to reverse it, in ten years that in 2026 in our country will be born less than 350 thousand children a year, 40% less than the 2010 apocalypse. We will be finished by the economic point of view, and that of our vital capacity. this is the real Italian emergency. in five years we have lost more than 66 thousand births, that is intended for a larger city of Siena. If we tie all this to the increase of the elderly and of chronic diseases, we have the picture of a dying country. “

Why in Italy are not born more children?
“There can not be a correlation with the economic crisis, so the bonus can have an important meaning for about two-thirds of parents who are under the threshold of 25 thousand euro Isee. it serves a birth support policy that is based on direct aid. Then it takes other measures. “

what?
” Ad as the support to motherhood, who must recover a social prestige and should not be an obstacle for the work. It is also important to the issue of services, such as childcare centers, which should be enough to allow the parents to continue working when they have small children or not gutted to pay the babysitter. Then there is the question most health fertility. They must prevent the problems that prevent you from doing the children. And couples need to understand that deciding to have them too late, over age 35, can become a problem. “

Can you find the money?
” We have to do it because it is our future. I am sure that the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who has 40 years and two children, and like me is sensitive to the demographic issue will accept my proposals, which will be supported in the law of stability from Ncd. Must be the priority for a young government that wants to make Italy vital. “

will be enough money to families in most of the new bonus?
” I believe that they represent serious support. I have two young children and I know how much they cost diapers, milk powder, baby food, food quality, food intolerances. With this small investment in longer, about 2 billion over six years, we give a real help for the population groups with

From various cities there are those who reports problems in the delivery money from the INPS. the results?
“at the beginning, in 2015, reports came to me. INPS now they tell me that things work. But if there are problems in some places I invite citizens to report it: we will intervene immediately against INPS. After all the money is there. When we did the first baby bonus in January 2015 thought that the birth rate remained the same, or even go up. We hoped that the funds were not enough and instead, unfortunately, we saved. “

You have speculated several times to extend the bonus until the fifth year of age of the children. Because in this project did not talking about?
“I would do it but I need the support of the Ministry of Economy, with whom I would like to do an operation on the French style. But meanwhile we give economic incentives to make the children. “

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