Italy Deploys Troops to Milan as Meloni Faces Trucker and Farmer Protests

The Italian government has deployed 500 soldiers to patrol Milan's streets following weekend violence, while Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faces a separate crisis in the south where truckers and farmers are blocking roads over fuel prices. The deployment, announced Monday, includes preventive detention measures and authorization to arrest minors caught in flagrante delicto. Protests in Puglia and Calabria have spread across southern provinces, with truckers denouncing fuel price hikes threatening their businesses. Farmers and livestock breeders have joined the truckers' mobilization, refusing to deliver fruits, vegetables, milk, and eggs due to low wholesale prices. Left-wing newspaper Domani criticized Meloni's approach as "putting the truckers' crisis under the rug."