It’s “evident that neo-fascist groups hide behind the so-called anti-vaxxers,″ Interior Minister Undersecretary Carlo Sibilia said. Among the protesters were proponents of an extreme right-wing group, Forza Nuova, Italian media reported. At least one protester was injured, RAI said. Rai State TV said demonstrators numbered at least 10,000, while organizers claimed 100,000 people. Others raised clenched fists or waved Italian flags and shouted “Freedom!” One banner read “Get your hands off (our) work.' Many protesters in the front lines outside Chigi Palace raised their arms to indicate non-violence as they faced off with police. Police swung at some demonstrators with batons. Police formed a line, aided by police vans, and prayed water to thwart access to the seat of the Italian government. Then they left the vast square and clashed with police as they headed through Villa Borghese Park and down the Via Veneto in an unauthorized march.Ī few hundred protesters broke off and headed down another street in Rome's historic main shopping district that ends near Premier Mario Draghi's office in Chigi Palace. The protesters first held a noisy, authorized protest Saturday in Rome's Piazza Del Popolo. The passes show that a person has had least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, or recovered from the virus in the last six months, or has tested negative in the last 48 hours. The pass is already required in Italy to enter museums, theaters, gyms and indoor restaurants, as well as to take long-distance trains and buses or domestic flights.

Public sector workers can be suspended if they show up five times without a Green Pass. Both employees and employers risk fines if they don’t comply. 15 and applies to public and private workplaces. The certification is mandatory beginning on Oct. ROME - Thousands of demonstrators marched down Rome's famous Via Veneto and other streets on Saturday, some smashing their way into a union office and clashing with police as they protested Italy's new “Green Pass” vaccination requirement for employees to enter their offices. Thousands of demonstrators protested Saturday in Rome against the COVID-19 health pass that Italian workers, both the public and private sectors, must display to access their workplaces from Oct. People gather in Piazza del Popolo square during a protest, in Rome, Saturday, Oct.

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