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Organised by the national metal workers’ union FIOM, estimates for the numbers on the Rome protest range from 100,000 up to a million
The protesters are not the only ones fearing that the €25bn austerity package will lead to jobs losses and a slowdown of GDP growth: Last week the Bank of Italy expressed the same concern.
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