Italian Population Problems

This article talks about Italy’s population; the new report says: Italian population is getting older and the income gap between north and south is still increasing. However, Italy has the highest ageing index in the European Union. In addition, Italy has a number of a jobless, even in the north or south, and the report found that Italy has the highest percent in Europe of young people who drop out of school. Also, the population has a problem with pensions. Finally, the population in Italy has grown from the immigrants who came from different countries.

This article is very interesting, and we can see from the article that the Italian population has many problems and the government should figure out how to solve these problems. First, there are big numbers of old people, more than young people. Second, Italy suffers from the economy. Third, students have to get more education.

First, there are big numbers of old people, more than young people; the Italian population suffers from old people. According to the article, “Italy has the highest ageing index in the European Union, since it counts 141 people over 65 for every 100 who are under 18”. So, the government should encourage the population to get more children. For example, if these old people have enough children, they will support them and will increase the population. As a result Italians have to increase the number of children because they are very important for old people and the population.

Second, the economy in Italy; Italian population is suffering with its preseat economy. According to the article, “The gap is especially great in terms of jobs. Overall unemployment has shrunk to 6.8 percent, but in the south and the Sicily the jobless rate is nearly twice that, at 12.2percent”. As a result, the economic system in Italy is different from north and south. The government should give a good chance for the people to get jobs and offer good salaries to encourage these people to work. In addition, the government has to give more pensions to help the population. These factors will help the economy in Italy.

Third, students have to get more education; the number of students who drop out of school is increasing; according to the article, “The report found that 21 percent of young people drop out of school, compared with a European average of 15 percent.” The Italian families have to return these students to school by giving them education and telling them how important school is. Also the government has to help these students by giving them pensions and free education. Finally, school is very important and the students should return to school and get more education and knowledge to improve their country.

In conclusion, the population in Italy has many problems, which are big numbers of old people more than young people, Italian population suffering about the economy and students having to get more education. In the end these problems have to get solutions to improve the population.
Reference:
Italy: ever older, south ever poorer. (2007, May 24). Agence France presse. Retrived July 10,2007,from LexisNexis