Who's next ?
After the Hôtel de Matignon and the Ministry of the Economy, the facade of the Ministry of Ecological Transition was also sprayed with paint by activists from the “Last Renovation” collective.
In the images, broadcast on social networks around 11:30 a.m. this Friday, January 6, two activists equipped with canisters of orange paint spray the facade of the Hôtel de Roquelaure, where the Minister for Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, sits at 246 boulevard Saint-Germain, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Police officers present at the scene arrested the two individuals.
In the video, one of the activists wears a white t-shirt with the inscription "who is guilty".
“
The government is clearly outside the law
,” he exclaims, “
behind these walls hide those who decide for us, those who condemn us.
Our paint cleans itself.
They will keep their blood on their hands
”.
The young man was then arrested by a policeman.
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Blocking of roads, sprinkled monuments, activist attached to a tennis court at Roland-Garros, intervention on the stage of the Opera... The collective "Last Renovation" has made degradation or blocking actions its specialty.
Actions that the movement justifies by the need to challenge the government and public opinion on the climate emergency.
These activists demand in particular the thermal renovation of buildings, which they consider to be the priority of their fight.
“
We are the last generation capable of preventing a societal collapse
,” reads the homepage of their website.
Lately, the staging of punch actions by environmental activists have multiplied.
Videos of young activists spraying paint on works of art in museums had in particular aroused strong reactions.
