The unrest that tore through France all weekend crossed the border on Sunday, as Milan fought police around its cathedral for a second straight day.
Hooded protesters broke shop windows, looted stores and set bins on fire near Piazza Duomo, according to Reuters. Police in riot gear answered with tear gas and water cannon. Milan Cathedral closed early, and the Galleria shopping arcade next door was cordoned off, the Italian agency ANSA reported.
ANSA and the DIRE agency put the Sunday total at more than 200 people taken to police offices, about 80 percent of them minors. Reuters, citing sources close to the investigation, reported more than 60 people taken in for checks on Sunday.
Saturday had already brought 28 arrests across Milan, Bologna, Brescia, Bergamo and Turin, according to a police report cited by Reuters. The Times put Milan at 104 officers injured, with 72 people detained and 16 arrested in the city.
Demonstrating is a right. Setting our cities ablaze is not.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote that on Saturday, according to Xinhua. She called a public order meeting for Monday to weigh new measures against people using lawful protests to commit violence, Tgcom24 reported.
Across the border, the fallout kept moving on Monday. President Emmanuel Macron refused Interior Minister Laurent Nunez his resignation, saying the police chain of command has to stay intact, and ordered new methods for dealing with looters, the Elysee said in a statement reported by Reuters. Nunez had admitted police lost control on Saturday.
France started this over the cost of living. Italy just showed it is not staying on one side of the border.
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