Minister proposes 500 euros to help Italians leave home

In a programme aired Sunday on Italy's top television channel, RAI, the minister suggested that youngsters should be given 500 euros a month in loans, reductions in rents and other perks to help them set up their own homes.
To finance the aid to "bamboccioni", or "big babies" as they have come to be known, the minister proposed looking to the pensions given to people from 55 years "because we should give less to the parents in favour of the children".
The centre-right government quickly released a statement saying it was the minister's personal idea and did not have official approval.
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