went unnoticed Until last week, a student took his anger on Polytechnic University. Milan. Other university students quickly followed, and at the same time tents. After that began to be heardIt is increasingly higher in other major cities in Italy. Rome, Bologna, Cagliari, Pavia, Padua, Perugia, Venice, Florence and Bari Some of the attendees recently. All united in one main message: the complaint of the higher authorities rental prices. Such is the case, they say. drowning the student world.
Gathered around the movement ‘I will change the Rotta’ (Change course) and some movements of the Italian extra-parliamentary left, the Italian demonstrators exposed a market that they denounced, no longer guaranteed. Right to work. That’s why they want structural change. To get started: regulations set appropriate rents more government funding for students and homes most vulnerable students.
“The rent problem is an old one. But in the last year the situation has gotten a lot worse because inflation and directing funds to the company arms industry”He accuses Sara Frioni, 20, who studies Political Science at La Sapienza in Rome. “Inside RomeThey may charge you up to 400 Euros for a shared room; For one person, some 500-600 euros. Inside MilanYou can pay up to 20 square meters. 900 euros one month. And access to a government housing for students is nearly impossible,” he elaborates.
collapsed ceilings
The student world has long seen how politics do this. arm cuts. In some centers of the country, facilities are falling apart. HE meeting room ceiling The building of the University of Cagliari on the island of Sardinia collapsed last October. A study room of the Faculty of Letters at La Sapienza University, one of Italy’s largest university temples, has been plastered in recent months.
Therefore, it is not possible to exclude a protest that started in the region. high rental prices Climb into something else like it was on Occupy Wall Street 12 years ago. “Why doesn’t the government review a plan that includes, for example, the following? rental for students who needs That money could also come from organizations like Leonardo (a company in the defense industry) that benefit from research conducted by the University,” says Frioni.
more status
He was the first of the protest, along with 40 other students. since last tuesday they spend day and night Answers await in front of La Sapienza University. Now a riot other young people joined those who did the same at the University of Tor Vergata and in front of the Ministry of Education in the Italian capital. In other cities, banners read “No home, no future”.
And something moved. On Thursday, the Government of Giorgia Meloni announced Unlocking 660 million Euro allocated for new dormitories for students. What calms the souls of students living in some cities for the time being. But not all.