http://www.euronews.net/ Could this be the week when the wheels come off Italy's technocrat government-led drive for reform?

The trucks blocking the road near Turin were a sign of growing exasperation with rising fuel prices and austerity measures. It was the first of several nationwide stoppages in a range of sectors expected in the coming days.

Measures to tackle Italy's debt mountain are beginning to bite, as one trucker explained: