Culture bonus for new 18-year-olds is not abolished, but doubled

“All those who for weeks have been telling the fairy tale of the cancellation of 18app have been soundly refuted by the facts,” said Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. "In place of the old bonus, two efficient and modern tools are born to incentivize young people to cultural consumption: the Youth Culture Card and the Merit Card."

While previously the 18app culture bonus was distributed to all Italian citizens when they turned 18 and provided a 500 euro disbursement, now the Carta Cultura Giovani "will disburse 500 euros to 18-year-olds who come from families with an Isee up to 35,000 euros,“ the minister explains, while the Merit Card ”will go to all young people, regardless of family income, who achieve top marks at high school graduation, with the obvious aim of rewarding merit and commitment to studies. In this way, the logic of the gratuity will be overcome, and fair instruments based on merit will be approached."

" Anti-cheating mechanisms will also be strengthened, to say goodbye definitively to fraud, which the Guardia di Finanza has quantified at around 17 million euros, a considerable amount. Cultural consumption, especially in the younger generation, is a factor of civic growth. And putting merit at the center is an operation of conservative reformism, a paradigm shift that incentivizes harmonious development of society," he concluded.

Culture bonus for new 18-year-olds is not abolished, but doubled

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