Italy has the second-highest debt level in the eurozone at a projected 133 per cent of economic output, behind only Greece.
For 15th November 2013 four Italian transport unions (CGIL, CISL, UIL, and UGL) have called for strikes to be held in Rome from Wednesday to Friday. University students in Rome and cities from Turin in the north to Palermo in the south organized protest marching. They protests against the economic measures of the government, aiming to reduce national debt by austerity cuts, among others freezes on public sector salaries and cutbacks to education.