‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify
2 sources·Updated October 19, 2026

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- DW News EN·3h agoMeloni backs police after cost-of-living protests turn violent in Italian cities
Anger over living costs and low wages has brought Italians onto the streets. A major union has called a general strike for November 20.
Read at DW News EN → - Guardian World·16h ago‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify
Hundreds at Lisbon tent camp demand action, as Giorgia Meloni says march in Italy was exploited by ‘hooligans’ The angry protests that have convulsed Spain and France in recent weeks have spilled over to Italy and Portugal, with rioters clashing with police and setting property…
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