(17 Nov 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of the Piazza Venezia in central Rome, with students marching in front
2. Wide of students and police
3. Various of student protesters marching along streets toward the Montecitorio, the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
4. Various pans of students protesting outside the Montecitorio
5. Close of sign reading: (Italian) "Future has shifted, from promise to serious threat."
6. Mid of protester talking through megaphone
7. Student holding up red flare
8. Wide exterior of Montecitorio, as student chant in the background UPSOUND (Italian): "Resign, resign."
STORYLINE
Hundreds of students gathered in central Rome on Wednesday for marches that student unions hope will hold off any government plans to place further cuts on education funding.
Students marched through the streets to the Montecitorio, the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, where they let off flares and sang out chants calling for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to resign.
Organisers said they had planned a peaceful protest but a large security presence was still on hand to monitor the demonstrations.
The protest comes as Italian lawmakers began debate on Tuesday on a new austerity budget to combat Europe's budding financial crisis as well as the political crisis engulfing Berlusconi's government.
Berlusconi will face a do-or-die no-confidence vote in Italy's parliament on December 14, news reports said on Tuesday.
The Italian leader has been battling with former ally Gianfranco Fini, who has urged Berlusconi to resign and this week withdrew from the government four officials from his breakaway faction.
On Tuesday, Italy's president summoned the parliamentary speakers to discuss the political crisis and map out the next steps.
Fini is also speaker of the lower Chamber of Deputies, and in that role he met with President Giorgio Napolitano and the Senate speaker, Renato Schifani.
Before the no-confidence vote, parliament will vote on the budget, considered crucial amid Italy's economic woes.

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