Italy hit by violent cost-of-living protests, mostly minors arrested

France 24 Monday 19 October 2026, 12:30 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Italy hit by violent cost-of-living protests, mostly minors arrested Italy Issued on: Share Youths and police clashed for a second consecutive day on Sunday in Milan, where at least 200 people were arrested during protests over the cost of living. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called a security meeting for Monday to address the violence, which evoked scenes of chaos and looting in Paris. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome, Italy. [Image text:] OLIZIA ILIZIA POLIZIA A POLIZIA POU POLIZI POLIZU POLIZIA' POLILA ILIZIA

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PARIS — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said he has instructed local authorities to enact “partial curfews” Monday evening to prevent scenes of rioting and looting like those seen on the sidelines of mass protests over the weekend. The measure is intended to “protect people, as well as property and businesses,” Lecornu said. The curfews should be “partial” and “localized,” he added, since the destruction is taking place in specific areas and not at a nationwide scale.

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