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FILE -Tourists walk in a crowded street in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

Video. Italy's falling birth rate is a crisis that's only getting worse

Updated: 10/05/2024 - 10:53 GMT+2

Italian welfare systems are already struggling to cope with the ageing of the population, and there is no consensus on what to do about it.

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