# Italy deploys troops and tightens security laws after Milan clashes

https://mins.news/en/item/108523

- France 24, 2026-10-20 20:09 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/italy-sends-troops-toughens-security-laws-after-milan-clashes

> After violent clashes amid fuel-price protests that disrupted pasta production and food deliveries in southern Italy, the government approved sending 500 troops to Milan on Tuesday. The cabinet also backed security measures making it easier to detain minors and creating a crime of “violent participation in a demonstration.”

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