Fight erupts in Italian Parliament amid tension over expanding regional autonomy

Tensions over an Italian government proposal that opponents say will further impoverish the poorer south erupted into a fistfight in which opposition politician Leonardo Donno was injured (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse/AP)

Tensions in the lower house of Italy’s Parliament erupted into a fistfight over a controversial government proposal that opponents say will further impoverish the poor south.

One opposition politician was taken to hospital.