周五，成千上万人准备走上罗马、米兰和意大利其他城市的街头，参加反对生活成本上涨和高额军费开支的全国性示威活动。在意大利及整个欧洲经历数周暴力抗议之后，预计将出现更广泛的混乱局面，此前基层工会联盟（USB）及其他工会呼吁公共和私营部门工人举行罢工和抗议。预计罗马和其他城市将举行大规模示威，抗议者还预计将封锁热那亚、里窝那、的里雅斯特等地的港口。
Thousands of people were getting ready to take to the streets of Rome, Milan and other Italian cities on Friday as part of nationwide demonstrations against the cost of living and high military spending. After several weeks of violent protests in Italy and throughout Europe, more widespread disruption is expected after the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) and other trade unions called on both public and private sector workers to strike and protest. Major demonstration are expected in Rome and other cities, while protesters are also expected to blockade ports in Genoa, Livorno, Trieste and elsewhere.
此前数周内已有多起抗议活动演变为暴力事件。本月早些时候，成群蒙面抗议者在米兰等地抢劫商店，并向警察投掷投射物，警方则以催泪瓦斯和高压水枪回应。周六，抗议者还冲入了罗马历史悠久的斗兽场；在南部，农民和卡车司机封锁了高速公路和港口，抗议自伊朗战争以来上涨的高油价。意大利总理焦尔吉娅·梅洛尼本月早些时候在X平台上表示，她“非常尊重”和平抗议者。
It comes after a number of protests in recent weeks have turned violent. Groups of masked protesters looted stores in Milan and elsewhere and threw projectiles at police, who responded with tear gas and water cannons earlier this month. Protesters also stormed Rome’s historic Colosseum on Saturday, while in the south, farmers and truckers have blockaded highways and ports to protest high fuel prices which have risen since the war in Iran. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has made law an order a key tenet of her administration, said she had “great respect” for peaceful protesters on X earlier this month.
梅洛尼将法律与秩序作为其政府的核心原则。但她的右翼政府此后对骚乱者出台了更严厉的处罚措施，包括要求参与破坏和抢劫的未成年人的父母承担经济责任。梅洛尼在公布该立法后在社交媒体上表示：“破坏和偷窃没有任何革命性可言。破坏和盗窃不是抗议，而是犯罪。”政府还表示，将在米兰部署500名军人配合警察执勤，直至2026年底。
But her right-wing government has since introduced tougher penalties for rioters including financial liability for parents whose children take part in vandalism and looting. “There is nothing revolutionary about vandalizing and stealing. Vandalism and theft are not protest, they are criminality,” Meloni said on social media after unveiling the legislation. The government also said it would deploy 500 army troops alongside the police in Milan until the end of 2026.
意大利的示威活动似乎部分受到法国示威的启发——在法国，学生就教育状况举行的抗议演变为关于生活成本和社会保障的更广泛行动后，全国多座城市爆发了数十年来最严重的骚乱。
The demonstrations in Italy appear to have been partly inspired by those in France, where some of the worst rioting in decades erupted in cities across the country after student protests about the state of education in the country evolved into wider actions about the cost of living and social security.
在欧洲其他地方，西班牙首都马德里的一座广场自上月下旬起被大量帐篷占据，而在葡萄牙首都里斯本，数千人走上街头。在比利时首都布鲁塞尔，身穿黑衣的抗议者也遭到催泪瓦斯和水炮的驱散。
Elsewhere in Europe, a huge encampment of tents has occupied a square in the Spanish capital since late last month, and thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Portuguese city of Lisbon. Tear gas and water cannons were also used on black-clad protesters in the Belgian capital of Brussels.