Consumer groups staged a three-hour shopping boycott and urged Italians to turn their lights out for five minutes today to protest price rises in products and services.
Public advocacy groups and labour unions said 78% of Italian consumers participated in the 10:30am to 1:30pm strike, although it was not clear how they arrived at the figure.
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