Family Act: "A tool to reconcile family and work, especially for women"

A package of measures to support families drawn up by the Italian Minister for Equal Opportunities, Elena Bonetti.

A handout photo made available by the Chigi Palace Press Office shows Italian Family Minister Elena Bonetti attending a press conference at the end of the Cabin Source: AAP Image/EPA/FILIPPO ATTILI / CHIGI PALACE PRESS OFFICE

A package of measures to support families, called Family Act, has been approved in Italy. According to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte it is a "tool to reconcile family and work, especially for women".

Meanwhile, starting from Friday 12 June, Premier Conte will be heard by a prosecutor in Bergamo as part of the investigation into the spread of coronavirus in Lombardy. On Saturday 13 a summit dedicated to the Italian economy, called Stati Generali, will open.

Journalist Carlo Fusi, editor of the newspaper Il Dubbio, has the details.

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