> everyone

I lived in Italy for most of the past 15 years, and no not everyone gets that kind of vacation time. A lot of people don't:

* The unemployed. There are a lot of them - with youth rates approaching 40% at one point.

* People who do not have a "Permanent Job", which includes a lot of younger (under 40 is 'young' in Italy) people.

* Even people with permanent jobs are starting to take smaller vacations - 2 weeks, for instance - because the model of "hey, let's shut down the entire country during August" isn't really sustainable when you're competing against people who stay open and stay productive by taking turns taking time off.