Over half mn people in the streets for strike says Landini

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 29 - More than half a million people have taken to the streets in Italy to protest against the 2025 budget bill as part of Friday's general strike, CGIL leader Maurizio Landini said Friday.
    "If we put together the numbers of all those who decided to take to the streets today, we can safely say that more than 500,000 people throughout Italy chose to be in the streets to defend the freedom and rights of all", said Landini at a demo in Bologna.
    CGIL, Italy's biggest and most leftwing union, called the strike together with the third-biggest and former Socialist union, UIL.
    The third of the Big Three confederations, former Christian Democrat CSIL; did not call the strike. (ANSA).