Minister proposes 500 euros to help Italians leave home
AFP
ROME- Italy's public administration minister proposed Sunday offering youngsters 500 euros a month, funded by cutting certain pensions, to help them leave the family nest after 18.
Italy has one of the highest rates in Europe of children choosing to live with their parents well into adulthood. The minister, Renato Brunetta, caused a stir last month when he proposed they should be made by law to 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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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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