
Among the priorities of the Meloni government for the 2027 Budget Law is the economic strengthening of the months of parental leave, which rise to four months paid at 80%
The 2027 financial maneuver in Italy introduces changes to parental leave, increasing the monthly salary paid at 80% to four, while the 10 days of paternity leave remain unchanged, confirming the gap with other European countries.
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The Italian government regularly includes birth support measures in its budget laws.
PARENTAL LEAVE IN THE 2027 MANEUVER
Among the priorities declared by the Meloni government for the 2027 Budget Law there is, once again, support for parenthood and birth rates. The road towards the approval of the Budget is still long and it remains to be seen which provisions will actually be included in the text, but it seems certain that among these there will be an economic enhancement of the months of parental leave. This was also discussed in the episode of Numeri, an in-depth analysis by Sky TG24, on 12 November.
THE MONTHS OF PARENTAL LEAVE PAID AT 80%
The Maneuver bill provides for an extra month between the months of parental leave paid with 80% of the salary: from three they become four, out of the 10 total months available to both parents, in the wake of a gradual progress that the government has been carrying forward since 2023.
THE BENEFICIARIES OF PARENTAL LEAVE GROW
The economic strengthening implemented by the executive has led to an increase in parents requesting to benefit from parental leave. Between 2019 and 2025 they grew by over 100 thousand units, going from 327 thousand to 450 thousand.
WHO USES THE MONTHS OF PARENTAL LEAVE?
Most of the months of parental leave are requested by mothers, although in recent years the number of fathers who have decided to take it has also grown.
COMPARISON WITH OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
However, Italy is still distant from the habits of many other European countries. In Luxembourg, for example, even more fathers than mothers request parental leave. Different story for Germany, where the numbers are lower than the Italian ones.
PATERNITY LEAVE
Unlike parental leave, the 2027 Budget does not introduce anything new for paternity leave, a measure that only concerns fathers and not mothers.
THE DURATION OF PATERNITY LEAVE AMONG EUROPEAN STATES
Here the law provides for 10 days of compulsory paternity leave (while maternity leave is up to five months). In other Eurozone states it has been gradually expanded in recent years, approaching that of mothers. In Spain and Finland it reaches 80 days.
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Approval of the text of the 2027 Budget Law with the new measures on leave
Likely · Within months

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