Hungary: No taxes for women who have children. A baby boom.

But also new daycare centers, parental leave for grandparents, and zero-interest loans. This is how Hungary's birth rate is growing by 5 percent annually.

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IN HUNGARY, NO TAXES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CHILDREN

Not all governments just make promises, on climate or on the family, but some also manage to follow through on actions. I have been in Hungary and I better understood the reasons behind the broad consensus enjoyed by a prime minister like Victor Orban, who throughout Europe, rightly, we criticise for his rather bizarre way of interpreting democracyAnd to be within a union of states where everything is fine when it comes to collecting European funds, but instead walls are erected, and we distance ourselves from others, when it comes to implementing common immigration policies.

IN HUNGARY, NO TAXES FOR THOSE WHO HAVE CHILDREN

There is a point of Orban's policy which I consider very convincing and which should also be studied in our area: the concrete interventions in favor of the family. In order not to waste this central resource of society, and to reverse a demographic curve which, in the case of Italy, is turning us into a country of and for old people. The Hungarian Prime Minister is serious, and is putting a lot of money on the table to convince women to increase the number of childrenThe latest allocation, amounting to approximately €1,4 billion, will eliminate taxes for mothers who give birth or have large families. The tax break is significant and reaches a ceiling that allows a female employee, for example, to take home her net salary, without any deductions in taxes to be paid to the state. Do you realize the importance of such a measure? And what value could it have for working women who earn a living in Italy?

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NEW KINDERGARTENS IN HUNGARY

All 'tax reduction A series of other measures benefiting women are added. The increase in the minimum wage, from 465 to 565 per month, will primarily benefit women, who in Hungary also receive lower wages than men. Then there are the kindergartens: another 21 places are under construction and scheduled for completion by 2022. family loans at zero interest up to 30 thousand euros. And the leave of absence parental assistance to help women with children, which not only concerns husbands, but also grandparents.

ORBAN'S FAMILY POLICY

Personally, I don't have any particular sympathy for Orban. On the contrary. And it's clear that in these measures for women, children, and families, Orban has also taken into account a significant electoral aspect, given that Hungary will go to the polls in 2022. But the effectiveness of this part of its social policy, and not only, must be fully recognizedIt's no coincidence that in recent years, despite a very challenging global economic climate, Hungary has continued to grow and seen a 5,5 percent annual increase in births. How we'd love to see something similar in Italy too...

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