There are to be no changes to policies in Italian universities after recent student protests linked to Israel's war against Hamas sparked by the October 7 attacks and the humanitarian situation of the Palestinian population in Gaza, sources at the interior ministry said on Tuesday evening.
"No changes of any kind are planned to the management of public order at events and demonstrations inside universities, nor have any assessments been made in this regard," the sources said.
The announcement came after University Minister Anna Maria Bernini reportedly reached out to Police Chief Vittorio Pisanito discuss how best to manage the mounting protests in the country's higher education institutions following the occupation by students of the dean's office at Rome's La Sapienza university and the use of insults against the dean of Genoauniversity on Tuesday.
Photo: Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi.
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