Milan has seen two days of youth-led protests over rising living costs and housing unaffordability, with police clashing with demonstrators, looting of luxury stores, and the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni responding with new security legislation and the deployment of 500 troops. The unrest, which also spread to Turin and Bologna, has reignited debate over Italy's 'lost generation' and exposed deep socioeconomic divides.
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Bologna
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets across at least four European countries on Saturday in separate, uncoordinated demonstrations against soaring living costs, with France seeing its most turbulent day of protests in decades and clashes in Brussels, Lisbon, Milan and Bologna.