Giorgetti considering 'exempting parents from taxes'

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 19 - Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti is considering exempting parents from income tax in order to encourage people to have children and reverse Italy's declining birth rate, daily newspaper Il Foglio reported on Wednesday.
    Premier Giorgia Meloni has stressed that the government is looking for ways to encourage people to have children after national statistics agency Istat reported that Italy's birth rate dropped to a new record low in 2022.
    Last year, births fell below the 400,000 mark for the first time since the unification of Italy, standing at 393,000, Istat said.
    Laura Boldrini of the opposition, centre-left Democratic Party (PD), criticised the reported plan.
    "No, Minister Giancarlo #Giorgetti. You need to offer young men and women stable jobs and adequate salaries for them to plan their futures and be able to stay in Italy," she said via social media. (ANSA).