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Announced March on Rome "
For days Protesters hold Italian cities in breathing. What (Movimento dei Forconi) was originally a protest of the "pitchfork movement" against high gasoline costs, expands to mass protests against the government's Letta. By Regina Kerner
Rome.
The fourth consecutive day on Thursday the demonstrators' pitchfork movement "(Movimento dei Forconi), provided in numerous Italian cities for chaos. The original protest by Sicilian farmers, truck drivers and operators to high gasoline prices and taxes have now all over the country small business owners, business people, the unemployed, pensioners and students connected.
Her anger is directed not only against the course of the coalition government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta and their plans for further liberalization, but against politicians and their privileges in general and against the austerity measures of the European Union.
Letta is gaining more confidence vote
On Sunday Italian farmers had blocked the Brenner motorway, to demonstrate against EU imports that threaten their view of the local agricultural market. On Monday the pitchfork movement called for protests nationwide. Especially in the northern Italian cities such as Turin and Milan put thousands of protesters since the traffic lame on roads and railway stations.
For two days they blocked in Turin the entrances to shops and supermarkets. There were clashes with the police involving injuries and several arrests. On Wednesday, as the government in Parliament in Rome Letta put the question of confidence and, as expected, a majority received, protesters occupied the subway and tried in vain to storm the office of the Prime Minister.
In southern Italy, Foggia two truck drivers were attacked, did not want to participate in the blockade itself. On Thursday, the pitchfork movement detained for hours by motorway to the border crossing Ventimiglia to France. In the coming days, the leaders of the movement have announced a "March on Rome".
