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- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned Milan riots, calling participants “hooligans” exploiting demonstrations.
- Masked protesters threw stones, paving blocks and set fires in Piazza del Duomo and nearby arcade.
- Police deployed water cannons, tear gas; a carabinieri vehicle was severely damaged.
- Two officers were injured and about 50 demonstrators, many minors, were detained.
- Protests spread to Bologna, Rome and Turin, and to France, Belgium and Portugal over rising living costs.