This might be because the types of jobs the people want are not available. After the Covid-19 people discovered that they can actually work from home. One of such avenue is provided by Bitcoin and other online jobs. But when government makes policies that affect these avenues negatively it discourages the people from working. People not seeking employment might also be caused by over-reliance on government for subsidies and unemployment grants or benefits. This can actually lead to laziness among the citizen.
Covid has nothing to do with this, Italy is right now just 400 thousand jobs away from the previous peak before covid, the difference is nowhere near the 2.6 million quoted.
Instead, it's a thing that's spread in southern and eastern countries, a lower labor force participation compared to others, for example, Italy has an employment rate of nearly 60% now, Germany has 76.9%, and the Netherlands has a huge 81%, it's just how things have always been. Far more people working on the black market, far more undeclared revenues, and unfortunately a different mentality with the young generation from country to country.
Also, despite the alarmist headline, things are turning for the better, and
the statistics are far better than before the last crisis hit and not just for Italy but
for the whole of Europe.
I was very surprised that only men work in the bank - Italians. I didn't see the girls. In my country, the bank branches are predominantly women. In Italian buses, the conductors are also men. Also, men sit at the checkouts in grocery supermarkets. In my country this work is done predominantly by women.
I got the impression that only men work in Italy, and women do housework.
What are the reasons for this situation?
Don't know the reason, but it's an Italian thing, that doesn't quite resemble anything else in the western parts of Europe
13 million to 9.5 million, a huge discrepancy compared to the rest.