Teen rallies take to the streets across Italy
Students are also opposing budget cuts and rising living costs as security forces brace for possible clashes.
- On Friday, students across Italy are rallying to protest rearmament policies and the rising cost of living, with OSA student movement spokesperson Laura Teresi citing "endless budget cuts to teaching" as a primary grievance.
- Rosario Forlenza, professor at Luiss University, characterized the unrest as a broader Italian and European crisis, noting the younger generation feels "underrepresented politically" and faces persistent social distress.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government recently approved a €175.2 million aid package for workers facing rising fuel prices and included a €2,500 annual bonus for workers under 30 in the draft 2027 budget.
- Fearing a repeat of the violence seen in Milan on October 17 and 18, security forces are preparing for potential clashes during today's rallies, where previous demonstrations involved looting and vehicle fires.
- Psychologist Matteo Lancini argued that schools remain "totally disconnected" from student needs, suggesting radical systemic change is necessary rather than continuing to design institutions around adults' pension systems or blaming social media.
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Protests against the right-wing government of Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni began in Italy on Friday. Demonstrations are planned in about 50 cities across the country. Schoolchildren and students are demanding more funding for education and housing support. Security forces are bracing for possible clashes.
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School and university students are to rally in several Italian cities on Friday to call for more funding for schools and support for housing, with security forces preparing for possible clashes.
They occupy schools and universities, they take to the streets and go on strike. We have met some of the young Italians who demand a better future than the one they can see now.
Teen rallies take to the streets across Italy
Students have been protesting for weeks, setting up tent camps and occupying schools to make their demands heard, matching similar movements across the border in France. The Italian protests have taken place alongside those of truck drivers and farmers over the spike in fuel prices and the cost of living, as well as rising defence spending. "On Friday, we expect a massive mobilisation of students, who will block and empty schools," Laura Teresi,…
On the eve of the marches of October 30 and the general strike Usb, the mobilization in universities and schools is widening. At the center of the protest rents, carovita and financing to public education
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