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Comment by guest_blog on November 22, 2013 at 10:36pm

Several hundred demonstrators clashed with police in Rome on Wednesday, during a meeting between French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Riot police deployed tear gas and baton charges against crowds gathered in the Campo de Fiori, with an unknown number of arrests made.

One of the protesters facing the police said: "This town needs to have freedom of protest and you (the police) are not granting our right!"

Hollande is visiting Rome for the Italy-France bilateral summit. One of the topics on the agenda is realization of high-speed railway line between Turin and Lyon. Protesters oppose to the construction of the infrastructure which while run through the small Alpine village.