Overview

• Tens of thousands demonstrated across Italian cities in largely peaceful marches, with pockets of clashes reported at rail hubs.
• An antagonistic group in Turin broke from the main march and vandalized the OGR complex hosting Italian Tech Week, where Ursula von der Leyen and Jeff Bezos are due on Friday.
• Train services were suspended in Bologna after confrontations near the central station as some protesters tried to reach the tracks.
• Protesters occupied Florence’s Santa Maria Novella station, halting services and triggering nationwide delays that exceeded three hours before the tracks were cleared.
• In Trento demonstrators entered the tracks and the Brenner line was suspended, while Rome’s turnout was put at roughly 50,000 and la Repubblica reported a group breached Turin’s Caselle airport; incidents were also noted in Trieste and Florence.