# Forgotten protests in southern Italy

> Empty shelves and blocked roads in southern Italy highlight neglect by Meloni and EU.
- Title: Forgotten protests in southern Italy · EUobserver | Shortify
- Summary: Empty shelves and blocked roads in southern Italy highlight neglect by Meloni and EU. Southern Italian regions face empty shelves and blocked roads due to…
- Keywords: italy, southern italy, protests, empty shelves, blocked roads, meloni, transport workers, agriculture workers, fuel costs, food prices, living costs, Forgotten
- Source: EUobserver — https://euobserver.com/243622/the-forgotten-protests-empty-shelves-and-blocked-roads-in-southern-italy-ignored-by-the-media-reveal-neglect-by-meloni-and-eu
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:02:30+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: italy, southern italy, protests, empty shelves, blocked roads, meloni, eu, transport workers, agriculture workers, fuel costs, food prices, living costs
## Southern Italy protests
Italy’s southern regions face empty supermarket shelves and plummeting fuel supplies due to transport and agriculture strikes against rising living costs.
## Strikes block southern roads
Truck drivers from bari to palermo block roads to ports and highways for two weeks, denouncing fertilizer and fuel costs for tractors.
## Agriculture manager's warning
Luigi di benedetto says fuel costs have become impossible to face for his community and the market is flooded with cheaper foreign imports.

> For us, and for the community, it’s become impossible to face the costs of fuel
## Key takeaway

Southern Italian regions face empty shelves and blocked roads due to transport and agriculture strikes against rising living costs, ignored by media and EU.