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Over the last few decades, Italy has become a country of immigration, thus inverting the recent trend of its history. The country was found unprepared to face this change. Only recently, it has started to experiment new forms of acceptance and integration inspired by the concepts of multiculturalism and cultural interaction. Migration policies cannot be implemented but in the wider context of the EU; the undertaken strategies have been inadequate so far and the phenomenon still tends to be socially perceived as a deviance.

The debate on welfare systems, in the current context, requires a comparison with the political theme of sustainability-compatibility at both national and European level. Health, in Italy, is a fundamental social right of the individual, considered both as a person and as a person belonging to a system organized in society. The implementation of this principle is a general interest of all the society. The economic crisis and welfare systems, widespread throughout Europe, is weakening the protection of this right. The risk that can result is the increase in inequality, especially in contexts of greater social vulnerability. The evolution of the welfare system, the expansion of freedom and individual rights claim, they point to a possible contradiction with the concept-value of solidarity. Emerges, thus, a model of society that is characterized by its urge the financial sustainability of the welfare state and the risk of reduction of the rights to health and social services.

Politiques européennes pour un vieillissement actif et en bonne santé vise à faire prendre conscience de la contribution des personnes âgées à la société. Leur rôle social est significativement liée à la participation, ou non, au travail et les systèmes de production.