Climate Protesters Throw Paint On Sagrada Familia

ANGERED ambiance activists from nan Futuro Vegetal organisation threw reddish and achromatic overgarment connected nan façade of nan Sagrada Familia successful Barcelona connected Sunday, August 31, to protestation nan inaction of nan authorities regarding nan vicious fires ravaging a ample portion of Spain this summer. The 2 members of nan organisation protesting were arrested and subsequently released aft paying a hefty good of €600.

The organisation is protesting nan complicity of nan authorities successful consequence to nan fires that person destroyed thousands of hectares of onshore not only successful Spain, but successful overmuch of nan Iberian peninsula arsenic a whole. Specifically, Futuro Vegetal criticises nan deficiency of effective authorities measures to combat ambiance change, whose utmost power has been a awesome instigator successful nan utmost upwind conditions including skyrocketing temperatures and extended droughts that led to nan wildfires, which person been immoderate of nan worst since nan twelvemonth 1994.

Futuro Vegetal has besides been astatine nan centre of different arguable ambiance alteration protests, including defacing shot icon Leo Messi’s Ibiza mansion, vandalising superyachts, and moreover gluing their hands to nan frames of paintings by famed Spanish creator Francisco Goya.

A burning ambiance crisis, intolerable to ignore

The Spanish authorities has called nan existent ambiance alteration situation an “emergency” and nan fires “one of nan biggest biology catastrophes” nan state has witnessed successful caller years. Spanish officials person held respective meetings successful caller weeks to talk consequence to nan raging wildfires. Other European countries including nan Netherlands and Italy person sent firefighting teams to Spain and Portugal successful bid to thief conflict nan fires, but moreover still, onshore is being destroyed astatine an alarming rate. Greece, France, and Turkey are besides battling aggravated and wide fires, marking a Europe-wide issue.

The Sagrada Familia, designed by famed Catalonian designer Antoni Gaudí, is not only 1 of nan astir celebrated landmarks successful nan Catalonian capital, but so successful each of Spain. The celebrated basilica receives astir 4 – 5 cardinal visitors each year. As such, it is nan gathering spot for a wide scope of protests, including anti-tourism protests, nan astir celebrated of which saw h2o from h2o guns being sprayed astatine holidaymakers successful Barcelona.