A protestor holds a placard, reading: "The Vatican Also Has to Pay" as she marches on September 6, 2011 during a demonstration organized by the leftist General Confederation of Italian Workers (CGIL) union against the government's economic policy in the center Rome. Unions mounted a general strike in Italy as they battled government efforts to tackle the debt crisis. Parts of Italy's public transport network ground to a halt and major attractions such as the Colosseum in Rome were closed by the strike as tens of thousands of workers took to the streets across the country.
Workers march during a demonstration organised by the left-wing General Confederation of Italian Workers (CGIL) against the government's economic austerity measures, in central Rome, on September 6, 2011. Unions mounted a general strike in Italy as they battled the government's efforts to tackle the debt crisis through an economic austerity plan. "This is a plan the country doesn't deserve," said Susanna Camusso, head of the largest CGIL union, as she led a march through Rome hours before Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's austerity package was to go before the Senate. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO
General secretary of the CGIL union Susanna Camusso (R) walks next to former secretary Guglielmo Epifani, behind a banner reading "Change", as they take part in a demonstration organised by the left-wing General Confederation of Italian Workers (CGIL) against the government's economic austerity measures, in central Rome, on September 6, 2011. Unions mounted a general strike in Italy as they battled the government's efforts to tackle the debt crisis through an economic austerity plan. "This is a plan the country doesn't deserve," said Susanna Camusso, head of the largest CGIL union, as she led a march through Rome hours before Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's austerity package was to go before the Senate. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO