{"id":1454167,"date":"2026-10-18T13:01:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T10:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/milan-is-the-battlefield-mass-protests-erupt-in-italy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T13:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T10:03:45","slug":"milan-is-the-battlefield-mass-protests-erupt-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/milan-is-the-battlefield-mass-protests-erupt-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Milan is the battlefield: mass protests erupt in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/mass-protests-break-out-in-france-city-hall-vandalized-in-marseille-160-protesters-detained\/\">Mass protests<\/a> against the high cost of living continued in France. On Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, these protests also spread to other countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, October 17, protests in France were accompanied by clashes with police in Paris and Marseille. They also escalated into acts of vandalism. Specifically, protesters set fire to Limoges City Hall, considered a historic 19th-century building. The crowd smashed windows, broke in, and set fire to the first floor. To the cheers of the looters, the 43-meter bell tower, which had stood for 143 years, collapsed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1454167-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/video_2026-10-18_12-31-42.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/video_2026-10-18_12-31-42.mp4\">https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/video_2026-10-18_12-31-42.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Interior Ministry, approximately 550,000 protesters took to the streets in France. Of these, more than 1,200 were detained. 150 police officers were injured during the clashes.<\/p>\n<p>The protests spread to other countries, particularly neighboring Italy. Milan&#8217;s historic center, for example, turned into a battlefield. Near the Duomo, crowds began smashing cars and buildings.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 980px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1454167-2\" width=\"980\" height=\"1280\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/video_2026-10-17_23-37-01.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/video_2026-10-17_23-37-01.mp4\">https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/video_2026-10-17_23-37-01.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The cause is the same as in France \u2013 rising prices for essential goods, low wages, and high fuel prices. Around 25 people were injured, and around 50 were detained, almost half of them minors.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/mass-protests-by-schoolchildren-took-place-in-france-2-000-people-were-detained-over-300-police-officers-were-injured\/\">protests in France<\/a> began last month in high schools in the northern suburbs of Paris. They were sparked by a shortage of teachers and the poor condition of educational facilities. This discontent subsequently grew into a broader movement, with participants demonstrating against inequality, cuts in public spending, and declining living standards.<\/p>\n<p>Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mass protests against the high cost of living continued in France. On Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18, these protests also spread to other countries. On Saturday, October 17, protests in France were accompanied by clashes with police in Paris and Marseille. They also escalated into acts of vandalism. Specifically, protesters set fire to Limoges City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1454160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76873],"class_list":["post-1454167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454169,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454167\/revisions\/1454169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1454160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}