Govt's focus on families a 'necessity' says Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 18 - Premier Giorgia Meloni told industry association Confindustria's assembly in Rome on Wednesday that the government's policy of focusing its limited resources on families, as part of efforts to reverse Italy's declining birth rate, was a "necessity" and would continue in the 2025 budget law.
    "I want to be quite clear. We want to follow the same approach that we have had up to now," Meloni said.
    "(That means) budget laws inspired by common sense and seriousness, which concentrate the not-many resources available in supporting companies that hire and create jobs, in strengthening the purchasing power of families, with particular attention to families with children, not an ethical choice but an economic necessity, and in defending the citizens' health".
    (ANSA).