罗马，10月22日电 —— 严重影响意大利南部燃料和食品供应的卡车司机抗议活动周四有所缓和，总理梅洛尼领导的政府正准备提供援助，并对路障采取更强硬立场。
ROME, Oct 22 - Truck drivers' protests that have seriously affected fuel and food supplies in southern Italy were easing on Thursday as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government was lining up aid and taking a harder line against roadblocks.
自上周以来，货运司机一直在封锁道路和高速公路，抗议燃油价格高企，但他们的代表称，在与政府会谈后，西西里岛的路障将被撤除。
Since last week, hauliers have been blocking roads and motorways to protest against high fuel prices, but their representatives said roadblocks would be lifted in Sicily following talks with the government.
卡拉布里亚大区的卡车司机也暂停了抗议，代表那不勒斯周边坎帕尼亚大区货运司机的文琴佐·帕里西对意大利公共广播电台（RAI）表示，希望当天晚些时候能在该地区撤除路障。
Truck drivers in Calabria also suspended their protest, while Vincenzo Parisi, speaking for hauliers from the Campania region around Naples, told RAI public radio he hoped roadblocks could be lifted in the area later on Thursday.
造成严重混乱，但无卫生纸短缺 副基础设施部长埃多阿尔多·里克西对意大利公共广播电台表示，抗议活动在坎帕尼亚大区造成了“严重混乱”，影响了超市、加油站甚至医院的供应。
SEVERE DISRUPTION, BUT NO TOILET PAPER SHORTAGES The protests have caused "severe disruption" in Campania, affecting supplies to supermarkets, petrol stations and even hospitals, Deputy Infrastructure Minister Edoardo Rixi told RAI radio.
然而，梅洛尼办公室将反对派报纸《每日事实》头版的一篇报道斥为“荒谬”，该报道暗示由于卡车司机的封锁，罗马政府总部的卫生纸即将用完。
However, Meloni's office dismissed as "ridiculous" a front-page report by opposition newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano suggesting that government headquarters in Rome were running out of toilet paper due to the truckers' blockades.
那不勒斯当地医师和牙医协会会长表示，燃料短缺使得医生更难前往医院和诊所，救护车也更难应对急救。
In Naples, fuel shortages were making it harder for doctors to reach hospitals and clinics and for ambulances to respond to emergencies, the head of the local order of physicians and dentists said.
“我们理解卡车司机的诉求，但呼吁进行负责任的抗议。必须保障救护车的燃料供应，医护人员必须能上班，”布鲁诺·祖卡雷利说。
"We understand the truck drivers' concerns, but we are calling for a responsible protest. Fuel supplies for ambulances must be guaranteed and healthcare workers must be able to get to work," Bruno Zuccarelli said.
梅洛尼将主持批准援助的会议 番茄酱和意面生产商La Doria公司董事长兼首席执行官安东尼奥·费拉约利对《共和国报》表示，该公司已在意大利南部的七家工厂停产，并让一半员工被迫休假。
MELONI TO CHAIR MEETING ON APPROVING AID Antonio Ferraioli, chairman and chief executive of tomato sauce and pasta producer La Doria, told la Repubblica daily that the company had stopped production in seven plants in southern Italy and placed half of its workforce on forced leave.
“如果抗议持续，南意大利的产品将从全国超市货架上消失，并被进口产品或意大利其他地区的产品取代，”他说。
"If the protest continues, products from southern Italy will disappear from supermarket shelves across the country and will be replaced by imports or products from other parts of Italy," he said.
梅洛尼原定在罗马主持一次内阁会议，批准一项法令，汇总针对卡车司机和农民的援助措施，包括针对高柴油成本的财政补偿措施。
Meloni was due to chair a cabinet meeting in Rome to approve a decree bringing together aid measures for truck drivers and farmers, including financial compensation measures for high diesel costs.
政府还表示，正努力确保必需品（包括食品和药品）的配送，并为试图绕过路障的卡车提供警察护送。
The government also said it was working to ensure the distribution of essential goods, including food and medicines, offering police escorts to trucks seeking to go past roadblocks.