Italy Braces for 'Autumn of Discontent' as Students Protest
Thousands of students and teachers joined school occupations and rallies as inflation, fuel prices and falling real wages fuel wider unrest.
- On Friday, students staged nationwide protests across Italy, occupying schools and rallying thousands outside the education ministry in Rome where police confronted demonstrators and clashes erupted in Turin.
- Real wages fell 6.6 percent between 1990 and 2026, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office, while inflation surged to 4.2 percent in September, straining households and businesses across Italy.
- The hauliers' union Conftrasporto threatened a "national blockade," denouncing "the climate of tension created by the unbearable situation linked to the surge in energy prices." This merges student grievances with labor unrest.
- Italian media dubbed the season an "autumn of discontent" for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, while CGIL leader Christian Ferrari said protesters aim to keep "material living and working conditions of Italians" central to political debate.
- Economist Veronica De Romanis, a professor at Luiss University, said "career progression in terms of pay is not linked to merit, but to seniority," a structural barrier frustrating young Italians and driving protest momentum.
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Italy is preparing for a turbulent fall, following a sudden increase in inflation caused by energy prices, students, truck drivers and farmers coming out of the street in the run-up to next year's elections. Several disparate protest initiatives, some inspired by the movements in France and Spain, are united in their opposition to the extreme right-wing government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, writes RFI.
Lyceans, students and Italian professors demonstrated on Friday, demanding better conditions of study and work. This, on the eve of a national strike on 17 October in their country, for which many Italian teenagers called on the social network to "do as in France".
As in France, students are now on the streets in Italy. Not everywhere it remains peaceful. The protest is also directed against plans of the Prime Minister Meloni's government.
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SIC NotíciasThousands of students went on the street in various Italian cities to demand more investment in education and less money for weapons. This Friday's protests were marked by clashes with the police, arrests and acts of vandalism.
Stabbing, arrests and destruction occurred in demonstrations held as part of "No Meloni Day" with demonstrators reacting to government education policy and the rising cost of living.
Tens of thousands of students protested in several cities in Italy demanding better conditions in schools. Demonstrations were held in Rome, Milan, Turin and other major cities. In most places, the protests were peaceful. However, clashes broke out in Turin after dozens of demonstrators attacked police officers with stones, glass bottles and flares. Police responded with water cannon and tear gas. Hundreds of participants in the march wore masks…
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