The only solution in France and Italy is to increase the employment rate

The Italian government wants to give out more income to Italian households; the French government wants to increase the purchasing power of French households. Both governments therefore have a choice between: Implementing a zero-sum game between social classes: taking from companies to give to households; taking from pensioners to give to workers; taking from the rich to give to the poor, etc. This would not improve the overall situation and would be dangerous economically and politically; Increasing the fiscal deficit sharply, which would postpone the problem and give rise to the risk of a sharp increase in long-term interest rates; Choosing the only reasonable solution: implement policies (training, education) that increase the employment rate and generate additional income that can then be paid to households or the lowest-income earners. Without an increase in overall income and therefore in the employment rate, there is no smart way to increase the purchasing power of households and wage earners.