As Italy's socio-economic conditions worsen by the day, the country is witnessing an endless number of protests and strikes.
On Friday, the Italian association of private construction and building technicians staged a protest against the government's decision to cancel the so-called SuperBonus scheme.
The measure - which granted homeowners access to a tax credit of up to 110% on the cost of upgrading their home - was introduced last year in an attempt to counter the nefarious effects on the economy of the Covid crisis.
Meanwhile taxi drivers across Italy have staged the umpteenth strike action disrupting traffic in several cities. Taxi drivers are on the warpath with the government over an EU directive which aims at liberalizing their sector.
The national bureau of statistics Istat has said household consumer confidence has plummeted in June amidst great preoccupation for energy rising costs and for the ramifications of the Ukraine crisis. Quite surprisingly business confidence is up, for the second consecutive month.