Italian Eco-Activists Douse Senate Building in Rome With Paint
Lawmakers sit during the vote to elect Senate’s president, in Rome, Friday, March 23, 2018. Italian lawmakers have formally reconvened parliament following inconclusive March 4 elections without any accord in sight as to the formation of a new government
ROME (Sputnik) – A group of Italian environmentalists Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) poured orange paint on the facade of the Senate’s building in Italy’s capital of Rome on Monday.Five members of the group were reportedly detained by the police. The activists said in their statement that “the desperation caused by the increasingly alarming statistics of a climate collapse that has already begun” prompted them to commit this act of vandalism. President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa expressed outrage at the eco-activists’ actions and announced that he had convened a meeting of the governing council of the upper house of the Italian parliament on Tuesday to discuss the incident.