Tens of thousands gathered at the symbolic Piazza del Popolo in Rome, led by Partito Democratico, to express their discontent and disagreement with the current populist government.
PES president Sergei Stanishev said:
“The enormous number of people demonstrating at the Piazza del Popolo today proves that the it’s Italian government and not the Italian citizens that wants to distance itself from the values of democracy, solidarity and equality in Europe. Italy is the among the cradle of the European civilization and a key defender of European values and it is not up to the current populist government to deprive the country and its citizens from that legacy. I am proud that our friends from Partito Democratico and it’s leader Maurizio Martina managed to prove that to the world today with their largely attended demonstration. The PES stands firmly for their cause.”