joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Associated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Associated</span></a> Press @ 2:49pm ET, Mar 15, 2025</p><p>Tens of thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Italians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italians</span></a> joined a pro-Europe rally in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a>’s city center Saturday, waving blue <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> flags in a sign of support & unity as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> push for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rearmament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rearmament</span></a> divides the country<br>...</p><p>The initiative was born in response to US President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s destabilizing policies, which created an unprecedented rift between Europe & the US, strained over the war in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> & an ongoing tariff battle</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/italy-europe-rally-rome-rearm-defense-e14c1e3df35d9c328bb23644bd3adb75" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/italy-europ</span><span class="invisible">e-rally-rome-rearm-defense-e14c1e3df35d9c328bb23644bd3adb75</span></a></p>