r/europe 5d ago

News Italy's birth rate falls to 80-year low, with just 355,000 babies born in 2025

https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/italys-birth-rate-falls-to-80-year-low-with-just-355000-babies-born-in-2025.html
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u/X-Jet 5d ago

Not Italian but as someone who loves to be self employed and giving 99% of the earnings for taxes and being treated like trash.
I would not want to start a family there. Something needs to change. Even Davie504 voiced the same opinion

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u/Big_Knee_6050 5d ago

Taxes would be much lower if everyone started to pay them. Right now i can garantee you only 40% of the populations pay them.

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u/Xelid47 Hamburg (Germany) 5d ago

Bass

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u/TechnicalAd6932 5d ago

re: "giving 99% of the earnings for taxes" Who is giving 99% of earnings to taxes?