“We have to guarantee the stability of the system and avert the creation of a social bomb in the coming decades,” she said at the meeting, according to sources.
Demographic factors pose a challenge to the Italian pension system.
Italy has an ageing population and declining birth rates, which means fewer young people are entering the labour market and paying into the pension system in the place of people who are retiring.
There is a historical tendency for right-wing leaders to create a climate of fear surrounding the long-term viability of the pension and other social programs in order justify cuts to their funding.
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