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“A square wheel that does not turn”. The gloomy image of a system that “fights forwards” is what emerges from the 54th Censis Report on the social situation in our country. The pandemic Made fear grow, confidence in tomorrow waned and it made us poorer. Maybe even emotionally. Data in hand, to compose is the portrait of an Italy in difficulty, clear, and scared, but even more “bad”. The Italians agreed to waive part of their civil rights – “better-than-dead subjects,” the philosophy highlighted by the Report – but demanded much harsher penalties for wrongdoing.
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EXPRESSION OF SANCTIONS
38.5% of compatriots were willing, in the name of greater economic well-being, to accept limits on the right to strike, freedom of opinion and join trade unions and associations. However, it was a much higher percentage who asked for the penalties to be increased. 77.1% asked that they be stricter for those who do not wear protective masks, do not respect the distance or the prohibitions to meet. For 76.9%, it is correct that those who made mistakes in the emergency, including politicians, health administrators, etc., pay for those mistakes. More than half of Italians, 56.6%, request jail for those infected who do not strictly comply with quarantine rules. 31.2% even want those who have adopted irresponsible behaviors and therefore have fallen ill, not to be treated or in no case to be treated after the others. The “order” of care becomes a topic of debate. And of confrontation, even between generations. According to 49.3% of young people, it is correct that the elderly are cared for only after them.
DEATH PENALTY
The desire for rigorous measures changes the view of the world. And about the Other. 43.7% of Italians are in favor of introducing the death penalty in our legal system. And the percentage even reaches 44.7% among young people.
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THE FIXED PLACE
It is fear that dictates the new social rules. The epidemic intimidates, but tomorrow it also does, in general. What will be “after” scares many. The dominant feeling, for 73.4% of Italians, is precisely the fear of the unknown. The economy and employment are important issues and issues. Here too the numbers are the measure of the moment. The Italian company, with 85.8%, was divided in two, between “guaranteed” – firstly, 3.2 million public employees, then 16 million pension beneficiaries – and “not guaranteed”, between those who have a permanent job and therefore the certainty of the future and who does not have it. And beware, the chapter on the insecure and vulnerable is decidedly broad and articulate. The specter of unemployment hangs over the private sector. 53.7% of those employed in small companies – 28.6% in large companies – live their work with insecurity. Among the most “vulnerable”, temporary private sector employees and VAT numbers. The undeclared workers have almost disappeared, while new – unexpected – “weak” figures emerge: merchants, craftsmen, professionals who have been left without receipts and without invoicing. Only 23% of the self-employed have received the same income as in the pre-Covid period. And this last chapter also clearly affects the perception of tomorrow. Only 13% believe that it is still an opportunity to start a business or a professional firm in Italy, a country of self-employment. For almost 40% doing it today is a gamble.
COUSIN
Anxiety about the future also changes the view on the bonus economy – on average two thousand euros are delivered each to a quarter of the population – highly valued by 83.9% of young people, more than 65.7 % of the elderly, who view it with greater fear as a mechanism that can generate dependency (25.1%) and risk of getting the public debt out of control (18.1%). In addition, only for 17.6% of entrepreneurs will the support measures be sufficient to counteract the economic consequences of the emergency.
LIQUID ASSETS
Not surprisingly, in the midst of the pandemic, in the second quarter, GDP plummeted 18% in real terms from last year. Household consumption fell (-19.2%), investments (-22.9%), exports (-31.5%). Household liquidity in June 2020 increased by 3.9% compared to December 2019. Resources dedicated to stocks, bonds, mutual funds collapsed. The race for liquidity stems from a widespread and concrete fear. 75.4% consider that state aid is insufficient or late. Therefore, “refuge” is sought in an increase in fluids.
OCCUPATION
They worry about savings and also work. The most affected are young people and women: 457 thousand jobs lost in the third quarter compared to last year. 654,000 self-employed or with a fixed-term contract remained unemployed. Women are the most disadvantaged. The male employment rate, in the second quarter, was 66.6%, with a gap of more than 18 points compared to women. In the 15 to 34 age group, only 32 out of 100 women are employed or looking for work; In the 25-49 age group, the employment rate is 71.9% among those without children and 53.4% among those with children. in preschool age.
The liberal professions were also affected: just under 4 million freelancers had access to the 600 euro allowance. And three-quarters of traders, artisans, direct farmers and figures engaged in agricultural activities were compensated for the loss of income during the emergency.
In the liberal professions and among the members of the separate direction of the Inps – some 2.5 million in total – one million was beneficiary of the 600 euros compensation. That is, 38% of those registered in the Funds and 42% of those registered in the separate management of the Inps. 90.2% of Italians believe that the emergency and the confinement have harmed the most vulnerable and increased social inequalities. Only 0.1% of those registered earn more than 300 thousand euros per year. Having more than a million dollars (about 840 thousand euros) is 3% of Italian adults, who own 34% of the country’s wealth.
CHRISTMAS
Such feelings inevitably affect the perception of the holiday. 79.8% of Italians ask not to loosen or tighten restrictions. 54.6% will spend less on gifts, 59.6% on New Year’s Eve dinner. For 61.6%, the New Year’s party will be sad.
NEW HABITS
Meanwhile, habits change. And the priorities. After years of cuts in public spending, new resources and, therefore, opportunities affect the health system. The school question is problematic. Only 11.2% of the school leaders interviewed claim to have succeeded in involving all students in teaching. More than 10% of students disappeared in April in 18% of schools. 53.6% of principals maintain that distance education cannot fully involve students with special educational needs. Difficulties also for non-Italian students, especially the first generations, and for students with disabilities or learning difficulties. Internet use has increased: almost 43 million people of age have kept in touch with friends and family thanks to video calling systems that use the Internet. However, in the long term, digital has tired a quarter of the population, including young people. The way of looking at vacations is also changing, with the return of second homes and local tourism. According to a Censis survey, 24% of Italians have at least one other home in a municipality other than their residence. Families are about 18%: 34% say they have used it more than in the past.
AND TOMORROW?
The general feeling is one of mistrust. Only 28% of Italians have confidence in the EU institutions. The EU average is 43%. 58% are unhappy with the measures taken at the EU level to counter the Covid-19 crisis. The European average is 44%.
And it is even 44.8% of Italians who are convinced that not everything will go well, in fact, we will emerge from the pandemic worse than before. Only 20.5% believe that the experience will make us better.
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