Protesters alleged police used disproportionate force against students who were opposing a far-right student group at University of Turin

Progressive groups, trade unions, and leftist parties staged a mobilization in Bologna highlighting a number of issues, including the climate crisis, the cost of living crisis, persecution of workers, imperialist wars, rise in fascism, and unscientific development

The right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, led by Giorgia Meloni, emerged as the single largest in the new Italian parliament as every other mainstream political party crumbled