{"id":1061691,"date":"2021-11-28T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1061691"},"modified":"2021-11-28T11:14:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T16:14:17","slug":"salvini-rejects-substituting-10-million-italians-with-migrants-backs-family-friendly-policies-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/salvini-rejects-substituting-10-million-italians-with-migrants-backs-family-friendly-policies-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvini Rejects &#039;Substituting 10 Million Italians&#039; With Migrants, Backs Family-Friendly Policies Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsalvini-rejects-substituting-10-million-italians-with-migrants-backs-family-friendly-policies-instead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1061691&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Matteo-Salvini-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Populist firebrand Matteo Salvini said that the demographic problems facing Italy and other Western nations cannot be solved through mass migration, declaring that he refuses to see \u201cten million Italians\u201d substituted with migrants.<\/p>\n<p>League party leader Matteo Salvini argued that instead of replacing millions of Italians with foreign migrants, he supports family-friendly policies to encourage Italians to have more children.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy objective is to give economic serenity to Italians to encourage them to have children,\u201d Salvini <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/25\/matteo-salvini-interview-far-right-migration\">told<\/a>&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em>. \u201cI refuse to think of substituting ten million Italians with ten million migrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former deputy prime minister emphasised the importance of increasing native births over immigration, previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/07\/29\/italys-salvini-wants-more-babies-fewer-migrants-a-country-which-does-not-create-children-is-destined-to-die\/\">stating<\/a> in 2018 while still in government that \u201ca country which does not create children is destined to die\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian populist is set to travel to Warsaw next month to show solidarity with Poland, which is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/20\/lukashenko-absolutely-possible-belarus-forces-undermining-eu-border-i-wont-even-look-into-this\/\">struggling<\/a> to protect its own border from large numbers of migrants trying to illegally cross from Belarus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Salvini suggested that the \u201cshock\u201d of the crisis might end up being useful, explaining:&nbsp;\u201cI think that Europe is realising that illegal immigration is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While he clarified that small levels of immigration could be acceptable \u2014 such as taking in child refugees from war-torn countries like Syria and Afghanistan \u2014 the League leader said he had no interest in uncontrolled immigration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I don\u2019t want is them arriving on boats, that\u2019s a mess,\u201d Salvini concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.5281690140845\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Italy Receives 2,500 African Migrant Sea Arrivals in One Week <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1AalehTDOm\">https:\/\/t.co\/1AalehTDOm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1457778063727493120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement from the former deputy prime minister comes as Italy\u2019s native birth rate has plummeted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/12\/31\/italy-birthrates-at-historic-lows-migrants-approach-nine-per-cent-of-population\/\">historic lows<\/a>, with foreigners accounting for around nine per cent of its total population as of 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Matteo Salvini, who has repeatedly emphasised the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/08\/11\/salvini-restore-mother-father-id-forms-scrapping-parent-one-parent-two\/\">importance<\/a> of family values in Italy, is far from the only European leader to stress the importance of boosting birth rates rather than relying on increased immigration to keep populations steady.<\/p>\n<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, for example, has implemented a number of measures designed to raise the native birth rate. Married couples can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/08\/01\/hungary-offer-30k-euros-married-couples-three-children\/\">apply for loans<\/a> of up to around \u20ac30,000, the interest of which is suspended should they have a child within five years, and the loan is totally written off if the couple has a third child.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Women who have four or more children also no longer have to pay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/02\/11\/we-need-hungarian-children-orban-tax-breaks-families\/\">income tax<\/a>, and IVF treatment is also being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/01\/12\/hungary-offers-free-ivf-procedures-with-goal-of-2-1-birthrate-by-2030\/\">offered<\/a> by the government free of charge. Orb\u00e1n has pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/24\/hungary-to-refund-e1-7-billion-of-income-tax-to-families\/\">refund<\/a>&nbsp;income taxes to families in 2022 as well.<\/p>\n<p>The wide variety of pro-family policies implemented by Hungary appears to have had an effect. Birth rates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/08\/26\/pro-family-hungary-birthrates-up-five-per-cent-so-far-in-2020\/\">rose<\/a> by about 5 per cent in the first half of 2020, despite rates in other countries being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/02\/01\/us-births-plummet-coronavirus-crisis\/\">suppressed <\/a>by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Poland has also implemented measures to raise the number of births, such as introducing a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/01\/31\/polish-mps-approve-maternal-pensions-women-devoted-lives-raising-children\/\">maternal pension<\/a>\u201d for women who have four or more children, as well as introducing payments to parents for every child they have after their first.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7456647398844\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marriage Up, Abortion and Divorce Down as Hungary Chooses Family Support Over Mass Migration <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v3wPMRthNc\">https:\/\/t.co\/v3wPMRthNc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1058327864351674370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The issue of birth rates is also set to become a hot topic during the upcoming French presidential election next year.<\/p>\n<p>France saw one of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/02\/05\/french-birthrate-talking-point-2022-presidential-election\/\">lowest birth rates<\/a> on record since the end of the Second World War in 2020. The centre-right Republicans, centrist&nbsp;Democratic Movement (MoDem), and the centre-right Agir parties have all promised to release proposals to tackle the country\u2019s declining birth rate.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom is also facing a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/21\/uk-facing-baby-shortage-as-fertility-rate-falls\/\">baby shortage<\/a>\u201c, with Britain\u2019s birth rate dropping to nearly half that seen during the post-war baby boom, according to a recent report by the Social Market Foundation (SMF).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany other liberal democracies are exploring the use of policies like cash payments to parents, more generous parental leave and cheaper childcare to make it easier for those that want children to have them,\u201d Aveek Bhattacharya, chief economist at the SMF said in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in the UK, we should consider the merit of these policies \u2013 not least because they would bring many other benefits to parents, children and wider society,\u201d&nbsp;Bhattacharya added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7361963190184\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Facing \u2018Baby Shortage\u2019 as Fertility Rate Falls to Half of Post-War Levels <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ff0ryvK7N2\">https:\/\/t.co\/ff0ryvK7N2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1440297006031785992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Populist firebrand Matteo Salvini said that the demographic problems facing Italy and other Western nations cannot be solved through mass migration, declaring that he refuses to see \u201cten million Italians\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}