In recent years most European Countries have faced a growing “economic crisis”, which is actually affecting the life and social structure of European citizens and their behaviours.
Some European statistics (EUROSTAT 2012) consider about 120 million the people that will reach a state of poverty risk in the next months, six millions only in Italy, including 20 million children and 8% of the working population. 23 million people are currently unemployed across the EU – 10% of the active population. From 2012 onwards our working age population will start to shrink.
The social classes, usually protected from the uneasiness, are now progressively loosing “rights” and social and economic protections. A growing percentage of people, especially families, the elderly, the young, single or separated mothers and fathers, the unemployed and many other European citizens have come into experiencing precarious lives. Our public institutions, at different geographical and political levels, are trying to identify and solve, whenever possible, such social and economic difficulties, using the support of expert associations and organizations on these fields. The solution, anyhow, is far to be reached.
