Italy's government, led by Giorgia Meloni, approved a raft of security measures after violent Milan protests, including a new offence of violent participation in a demonstration and tougher penalties for rioters

Public demonstrations, strikes and other mass mobilisations against government policy or social conditions, and the political, legal and security responses to them.

Debates about how police should handle demonstrations: crowd-control weapons, mass arrests, protest bans and accountability for officers.