Agree with Mattarella about using batons on young - Schmit - Politics. Nicolas Schmit is the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights and the Party of European Socialists' (PES) candidate to be the next Commission President.

The clashes between riot police and demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian protest left five people, including two minors, needing emergency medical treatment. Images of some police in Pisa repeatedly hitting students over the head shocked many Italians amid reports of clashes between police and protesters in other cities.