«The triumph for a liter of petrol at 2 euros and diesel at 2 euros and twenty cents, the long queues at the petrol stations and the cry for help from the protesting farmers, tell of a country on the brink of crisis, while the government aims to distract public opinion by placing a maximum number of foreign students and wearing the Islamic headscarf. It’s a shame that families struggle to put together lunch and dinner.” The General Secretary of the CGIL Calabria Gianfranco Trotta does not share the Meloni government’s celebration.
Meanwhile, the CIA-Italian Farmers Calabria has proclaimed a permanent state of agitation among Calabrian farmers. Decision taken by the regional executive committee on mandate from the Board of Directors, represents, in the organisation’s intentions, the start of a mobilization intended to involve regional, national and European institutional tables.
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