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Tens of thousands stage protest against EU's rearmament plan in Rome

People in force take to the streets of the Italian capital to stage a demonstration against the European Commission's proposed costly rearmament plan.

Max Civili
Press TV, Rome


Tens of thousands of people have staged a demonstration against the costly EU-proposed rearmament plan. They cried out that rearming Europe would result in painful cuts in social spending and more poverty. This is a new political headache for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as she grapples to hold her right-wing coalition government together.