Italy tightens security as students, unions launch nationwide protests

Rallies across the country target living costs, investment in education and the wars in the Middle East.

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Rallies across the country target living costs, investment in education, and the wars in the Middle East.

Protesters march in Milan during a nationwide day of strikes [AFP]

Italy has tightened security as tens of thousands of students and unions took to the streets across the country.

Marches were held in dozens of cities nationwide on Friday. Rome, Milan and Naples were among those affected by the protests, which targeted soaring living costs , demanded investment in education and called for an end to the wars in the Middle East.

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A large police presence was on hand, as the hard-right government tightened security measures in a bid to control potential unrest seen in Italy and other European states in recent weeks.

In Rome, security was stepped up around the Colosseum, Italy’s most visited tourist attraction, while Milan’s cathedral also received special protection.

A few skirmishes between protesters and riot police occurred at the start of a protest in Turin, with other rallies in Bologna and Genoa.

The USB trade union called for a general strike that attracted large numbers of demonstrators, including truck drivers, taxi drivers and farmers. Rallies in recent weeks have demanded an end to higher fuel prices and rising defence spending.

Unions have also issued a joint call with peers in France, Greece, Spain, Turkiye and Morocco to demand an end to the wars in the Middle East, including the war in Gaza and “an end to the militarisation of ports”.

“Ports must not be used for the transport of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and troops,” the statement said. “Dockworkers do not work for war!”

The government last week agreed on a 175 million euro ($195 million) aid package for truck drivers, farmers and fishermen hit by soaring fuel prices linked to the war in the Middle East.

The prices paid in Italy for food, energy, transport and bills have risen by 68 percent since 2000, while the average wage fell by almost 5 percent.

Measures to support young people and families – such as an annual bonus of 2,500 euros for workers under 30 – have also been inserted into the draft 2027 budget currently being discussed among the various governing parties.

“I hope this can provide answers for young people in general… who feel that the state doesn’t care about them,” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said at a news conference on Wednesday, stressing that the measures were “not for those who smash windows”.

Following clashes over the weekend of October 17-18 between youth and police in Milan, in which groups of mainly young people looted shops and smashed windows, Meloni toughened laws on public gatherings and eased restrictions on the detention of minors.

全国各地的集会都针对生活成本、教育投资和中东战争等问题。

抗议者在米兰游行，当天是全国罢工日。[法新社]

意大利加强了安保措施，因为全国各地数万名学生和工会成员走上街头。

周五，全国数十个城市举行了游行示威活动。罗马、米兰和那不勒斯等城市也受到了抗议活动的影响。抗议活动旨在抗议飞涨的生活成本，要求加大教育投入，并呼吁结束中东战争。

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现场部署了大量警力，极右翼政府加强了安全措施，以控制最近几周在意大利和其他欧洲国家出现的潜在动乱。

在罗马，意大利游客最多的旅游景点——罗马斗兽场周围的安保措施得到了加强，而米兰大教堂也得到了特别保护。

在都灵的抗议活动开始时，抗议者和防暴警察之间发生了一些小规模冲突，博洛尼亚和热那亚也举行了其他集会。

USB工会发起总罢工，吸引了大量示威者，其中包括卡车司机、出租车司机和农民。近几周的集会要求停止提高燃油价格和削减国防开支。

工会还与法国、希腊、西班牙、土耳其和摩洛哥的同行联合发出呼吁，要求结束中东战争，包括加沙战争，并“结束港口军事化”。