After the museums, environmentalists storm the buildings of the institutions. Yesterday morning, the activists of Latest Generation, an environmental group that a few months ago had smeared Vincent Van Gogh's "The Sower" in a temporary exhibition in Rome, struck with a jet of orange paint the main facade of Palazzo Madama, seat of the Senate of the Republic. The four activist girls explain that the reason is "the desperation that derives from the succession of statistics and increasingly alarming data on the ecological-climatic collapse, which has already begun, and the disinterest of the political world in the face of what is expected to be the greatest genocide in the history of humanity". The demands of the movement are: "to immediately stop the reopening of decommissioned coal-fired power plants and cancel the project of new drilling for the research and extraction of natural gas; proceed to an increase in solar and wind energy of at least 20 GW immediately, and create thousands of new jobs in renewable energy, helping the workers of the fossil industry to find employment in more sustainable jobs". Five people were identified for the act of civil disobedience, which took place on a day when the activity of the Senate was almost stopped; almost unanimous were the moral condemnations by the world of politics: for the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa: "No alibi, no justification for an act that offends all institutions and that did not transcend into violence only thanks to the cold blood of the Carabinieri". There is talk of a possible increase in security measures around Palazzo Madama, as already happens at Palazzo Chigi and the Chamber, which are currently off limits for citizens and passers-by.
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