Teen rallies take to the streets across Italy

School and university students are to rally in several Italian cities on Oct 30 to call for more funding for schools and support for housing, with security forces preparing for possible clashes.
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.
Officials are worried about a repeat of the violence on Oct 17 and 18 in Milan, the country’s economic capital, where groups of young people set cars on fire and looted shops.
In response to the youth protests, Meloni’s hard-right government has eased rules on detaining minors and toughened laws on public gatherings.