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6. In other news, Italian birth rates fell to all-time lows - despite Meloni's attempts to encourage more births...

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:08 AM

Feb 16

From the Financial Times:

Just 370,000 babies were born in Italy in 2024, about 10,000 fewer than last year and well below the half a million born a decade ago, according to figures published by Italy’s national statistics agency Istat on Monday. It was the 16th consecutive year of falling births.

Italy’s demographic woes last year were also exacerbated by a sudden emigration “boom” — with 191,000 Italians relocating abroad in 2024 — a sharp 20.5 per cent rise over the previous year, Istat reported.

Italians are voting with their feet. And i bambini aren't part of the equation.

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