Hundreds of farmers held demonstrations across Rome on Thursday, parking tractors outside the Colosseum and gathering in the Circo Massimo, an ancient chariot-racing stadium that is now a large park in the heart of the Italian capital.
“We are here to try to change everything,” said Vito, a farmer who had traveled to Rome from Potenza in southern Italy. “The government is not listening to us. If we come together, they might listen to us because unity is strength. But the thing is, I don’t think there are enough of us here today,” he added.
Organizers had predicted a turnout of 20,000 people but fewer than 1,000 gathered in the Circo Massimo in the city center by the end of the day.
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