On Saturday, thousands of people participated in various demonstrations across Europe regarding migration, civil rights, and national identity. In Rome, Italy, tens of thousands of people took to the streets for rival demonstrations over migration policy. An anti-migration march in the Prati neighborhood drew several thousand participants, while a competing pro-migration event in a separate part of the city attracted tens of thousands. Thousands of police were deployed to keep the groups apart. The Rome demonstrations follow a petition titled “Remigration and Reconquest,” which gathered the 50,000 signatures required to trigger a parliamentary discussion on sweeping measures targeting foreigners. According to Al Jazeera, the petition advocates for coercive returns to countries of origin and has pushed the concept of “remigration” into the political mainstream. While the anti-migration League party in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition backs the discussion, Meloni’s Brothers of Italy and centrist allies have been more cautious. Critics, including left-wing politician Angelo Bonelli, argue the proposal violates constitutional and international anti-discrimination principles. In Northern Ireland, thousands gathered in Belfast to denounce anti-immigrant rioters who set fire to homes and cars earlier in the week following a stabbing blamed on an asylum seeker. The violence left more than two dozen people homeless and injured 12 police officers. Peaceful demonstrators carried signs such as “The problem is evil & violence not race.” Simultaneously, an anti-racism group rallied thousands in Glasgow, Scotland, to “stand up to the far right,” meeting a smaller contingent of men who appeared to make Nazi salutes and shouted anti-Muslim chants. In Eastern Europe, tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ supporters held annual Pride parades in Bucharest, Romania, and Sofia, Bulgaria. The marches occurred alongside anti-LGBTQ+ rallies, including a “March of the Family” in Sofia and a “March for Normality” in Bucharest. Organizers in both countries called for the legalization of civil partnerships, noting that neither nation currently recognizes same-sex marriage or civil partnerships.