(Adnkronos) - "Le persone vengono curate dalle persone, soprattutto gli aspetti demografici sono fondamentali. La demografia ci serve per intercettare il futuro, per poter governare i processi economici, sociali e, ovviamente, del lavoro. L'Italia è la prima nazione in Europa per numero di anziani, la seconda al mondo, con un tasso di natalità che scende sempre di più e quindi, ovviamente, abbiamo delle criticità che devono essere governate. Il governo Meloni sin dall'inizio ha dato priorità a questi aspetti varando la prima riforma in favore della terza età, una riforma che si aspettava da vent'anni”. Lo ha detto Maria Teresa Bellucci, viceministro del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali, intervenendo al nuovo appuntamento Adnkronos Q&A ‘La cura delle persone’, in occasione della Giornata mondiale della popolazione.
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00:00What is the role of democracy in Italy?
00:04People are cared for by people,
00:06and above all, democratic aspects are fundamental.
00:09Democracy is needed to intercept the future,
00:13to be able to govern processes,
00:15economic processes, social processes,
00:17and, of course, labor processes.
00:19Italy is the first nation in Europe
00:21in terms of the number of elderly,
00:22and the second in the world.
00:23We have a birth rate that goes down more and more,
00:26400,000 children born,
00:29and, of course, we have criticisms that need to be governed,
00:32and the Meloni government, from the very beginning,
00:34has given priority to these aspects.
00:36We did it by considering the first reform
00:39in favor of the third age,
00:40a reform that had been expected for 20 years,
00:43to be able to deal with how to promote the quality of life
00:46of the elderly, the over 65,
00:48and accompany them for their entire existence,
00:51until death.
00:53Among other things, we also see that,
00:56thanks to the growth, from a point of view
00:58of the protection of health,
01:00we have a hope that is growing more and more.
01:02The hundreds have become 22,000,
01:04and, therefore, the reform also serves to be able
01:07to support welfare and assistance policies
01:10when we become more and more elderly,
01:13and health also begins to falter.
01:15But together we have also taken care of the policies
01:18to promote birth and family,
01:20and here, therefore, the laws of balance
01:22that have been followed,
01:24have provided important resources,
01:26but also initiatives to reconcile
01:28the times of life and work,
01:30especially as regards mothers,
01:32in such a way that there can be
01:34more children born
01:36in a national context
01:38in which we certainly have a demographic winter.
01:41So, demography is a priority,
01:43the political address that we have carried out
01:46in these almost two years
01:48has given substance to policies
01:50that deal with the elderly and families.
01:53We want to continue in this direction,
01:55abandoning merely assistance policies
01:58that transfer subsidies,
02:00but do not give hope,
02:02nor from a human rights point of view,
02:04nor even economic support,
02:06to ensure that every person
02:08can receive the help they have,
02:10but above all can be included
02:12from a social and working point of view.
02:15This generates value, this increases the GDP,
02:18this recognizes human rights for Italians,
02:21and therefore this is what we want to carry on.