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Cost-of-living protests clash with police across Italian cities
Original: ITALY ERUPTS — ROME TO TURIN. Cost-of-living fury. Police vans. Clashes. Nine arrested. Hundreds detained. Meloni's Ital
Protests over the cost of living spread across Italy, from Rome to Turin, with reports of clashes with police, nine arrests and hundreds of people detained. Commenters frame the unrest as Italy joining a wider wave of European protest movements, with questions mounting over how Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government will respond.
Why now: Anger over living costs is fuelling street clashes in Italy amid a broader European protest wave, raising pressure on Meloni's government.
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