New Delhi: At present Italy is also burning in the fire of protests. Prime Minister Georgia Meloni is in charge of this. During the protest on Saturday, the protesters burnt property worth Rs 4,400 crore to ashes. Interestingly, most of the protesters are youth from the Gen-Alpha generation, who are protesting on the issue of education. According to a news agency, the police arrested 200 people on Sunday. Most of them are 16 years old and are still minors. Here, the Prime Minister of Italy has appealed to the people to maintain peace.
The Prime Minister of Italy says that those who are setting fires are not thinking in the interest of the country. He has addressed these protesters as rioters. Students in Italy (most of whom are Gen-Alpha) say that the government here is giving more importance to weapons than education. Students have raised the slogan of No Weapons. This protest by Gen Alpha is taking place at a time when general elections are to be held in Italy. General elections are proposed in Italy in the year 2027.
In Italy, about 4 percent of GDP was spent on education in 2024. In terms of amount, this expenditure was approximately 97 billion dollars (9.21 lakh crore rupees). At the same time, this year Italy spent about 30 billion dollars (2.8 lakh crore) on purchasing arms. Italy's total defense expenditure is 50 billion dollars (4.75 lakh crore rupees). Italy has taken this decision under pressure from America and NATO.
Meloni blames leftists
Here, the Prime Minister of Italy has held the leftist leaders responsible for the entire episode. According to Meloni, all the youth were instigated by leftist leaders. For this reason an incident of arson occurred here. He said that gangs of goons will not be spared. Similar protests are taking place in Italy as well as in France. There too, more than 1500 shops were set on fire on Sunday.