Italian Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida this week advocated combating the “idea of ethnic replacement” as a way of resolving Italy’s birth rate crisis by “replacing the children of Italians with others” of immigrants.
“We cannot give in to the idea of ethnic replacement,” said the minister. The speech by Francesco Lollobrigida, Italian Minister of Agriculture, provoked outrage in the leader of the Italian left, Elly Schlein, who considered the minister’s words “disgusting and unacceptable”, with “a flavor of white supremacy” from the 1930s.
The parliamentarian is in favor of a change in the Italian citizenship law to facilitate the process. naturalization of immigrants.
Although he explained that he considers immigration a “natural physiological event”, the minister does not believe that this is the solution to the country's birth problems.
The birth rate in Italy is below 400 births per year, the lowest number since 0, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), putting the country on the path to progressive aging.
Lollobrigida argued that it is necessary to “build well-being that allows people to work and have a family, supporting young couples to find jobs”.
Days later, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party, stated that “there has been no investment in the birth rate for many years” and that it is necessary to create incentives for families to be able to have children.
The debate arises when the italian senate debates the decree on immigration, which the Government approved on March 9.
On April 11, the Italian Government declared a state of national emergency for the next six months and increased the number of immigrant identification and repatriation centers.
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