Italy's populist rulers have lent vocal and technological support to the yellow vest movement after eight weeks of riots in France.
"I support honest citizens who protest against a president who governs against his own people," Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday (7 January), referring to French president Emmanuel Macron.
"Yellow vests, do not weaken!", Luigi di Maio, Italy's other deputy prime minister, added.
Di Maio, from the Five Star Movement ...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.