00:03We must take responsibility for the discontent of young people. In the aftermath of the green light to the decree against
00:08street violence, President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella urges the government
00:12institutions to listen to the new generations. The Head of State needs adequate strategies.
00:18in taking charge of the discomfort, the sense of insecurity for the future that they feel
00:24Young people. Mattarella, handing over the insignia to the Knights of Labor, invites them not to look
00:30Young people with indifference or petty underestimation. A meeting this morning at the Milan Prefecture
00:38for the new security measures required by the Government. The Government is ready to deploy other
00:43500 soldiers in the Lombardy capital. The soldiers, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini explained,
00:49Plants will be given maximum mobility throughout the territory. The Mayor of Milan, Beppe
00:54Sala agrees with the strengthening of controls, but warns that Saturday will be a delicate day,
01:00also due to the risk of tensions linked to the presence of anarchist groups. First of all,
01:06in this critical phase, comes the control and repression of these phenomena, he said
01:11The Mayor: High diesel fuel prices are paralyzing the South, with empty shelves and gas stations without fuel.
01:18Highway blockades. Truckers' protests continue in Campania and Puglia.
01:24and Calabria. There are queues and closures on the 1st and 30th, while supplies are at risk.
01:30of medicines and essential goods, the production of mozzarella and public transport.
01:35Matteo Salvini condemns the protests. He says they're harming millions of other workers, while Adolfo
01:42Urso reveals that the Ministry of the Interior is identifying truck drivers to remove the roadblocks. Meanwhile,
01:47The mayors of Naples and Bari have asked that the next meeting with the Ministry be brought forward to October 27.
01:55Italy is having fewer and fewer children, and the birth rate continues to decline. In 2025, 355,772 children were born.
02:05approximately 14,000 fewer than the previous year, with a decrease of 3.8%. Since 2008, births have
02:13decreased by 38.3%, over 220,000 fewer. The picture remains negative also in 2026. In the first
02:22seven months births are down by 1.1% compared to the same period in 2025. This marks a
02:30new
02:30Fertility is also at a historic low. 1.14 children per woman in 2025 and the provisional estimate for the first
02:39seven months of this year says that the figure will drop further to 1.13. Istat reports two factors,
02:46the number of women of childbearing age is decreasing and the propensity to have children is decreasing.
