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Inside Europe: Italy's Sardine movement

Angelo van Schaik
December 20, 2019

The "Sardine" grassroots movement is aimed at shaking up Italian politics. It kicked off last month in the city of Bologna in protest at the right-wing politics of former deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini. The name comes from the idea of attracting large numbers of protestors into public squares, packed in like sardines. Last weekend, the Sardines gathered in Rome. Angelo van Schaik reports.

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