RT - Edited 10/20/13
Thousands of people march during an anti-austerity protest on October 19, 2013 in Rome. (AFP Photo / Alberto Pizzoli)
Organizers estimated that 70,000 people took part in the protest, while authorities placed the number closer to 50,000.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Enrico Letta - who is presiding over a fractious Left-Right coalition - presented the 2014 budget that immediately came under a firestorm of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.
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