Italy unveils basic income card

ROME, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Monday presented Italy’s new basic income card, which the government will use to provide the poor and the unemployed with a monthly subsidy while also helping them find jobs.

The basic income subsidy is the flagship measure of Di Maio’s populist Five Star Movement, which currently governs Italy in coalition with the rightwing League party.

The measure will provide unemployed people with income of up to 9,360 euros a year (780 euros a month), while also provide them with job training and at least three job offers.Recipients who […]

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