Demonstrations by Italian farmers continued on Saturday, with some 150 tractors present in Orte, an hour from Rome. Impromptu demonstrations have taken place in recent weeks from Sicily to the north of the country.
Convoys of tractors blocking roads are now regularly reported, although the scale of the movement has not reached the level of farmers' protests in France, Germany or Belgium. The farmers are demanding an audience with the government of the head of government, Giorgia Meloni. Their demands range from complaints about EU regulations to the impact of inflation and fuel costs.