MILAN, Oct. 18 -- A march against rising prices and war spending came apart in tear gas, fireworks and burning barricades on Saturday, and by evening Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was demanding on X that Italy's opposition condemn the violence without ambiguity. Her post said stones had been thrown at police, officers hurt and the march forced to stop.

Euronews described the Italian violence as following unrest in France, including the France student protests. In Milan, the site reported, the march turned violent first in Via Broletto and then in the city centre, above all Piazza Duomo, where police used tear gas, water cannon and hydrants against fireworks and thrown objects. Shops were vandalised and the M1 and M3 metro stations closed...