Unemployment tops 11% in Italy and the number of people living at or below the poverty line has nearly tripled since 2006, to 4.7m last year, or almost 8% of the population, according to the local statistics agency Istat.
Ahead of national elections slated for early next year, poverty is expected to take centre stage in the campaign.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Giorgio Freddi , professor emeritus of political science at the University of Bologna, said the populist Five Star Movement “has imposed the issue on national politics. The mainstream parties are being forced to play catch-up”.In fact, Five Star […]
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