Matignon portal sprayed with orange paint by environmental activists who denounce “inaction

The two activists of the last renovation were arrested. In a press release, the collective calls “all citizens who share [its] values ​​to join civil resistance”.

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Militants of the ecologist collective last renovation have sprayed, at the ‘Help of fire extinguishers, orange painting on the portal of the Matignon hotel, Wednesday January 4, to denounce the inaction of the government in climate matters.

At midday, two activists managed to project painting on the facade and the Matignon portal, which houses the Prime Minister’s offices, Elisabeth Borne. Several videos have been broadcast on social networks, including that of the account Brains not available to which last renovation said “to give carte blanche” to relay their action.

Faced with a climate action of facade, the youth repainted the facade of Matignon.
This Wednesday, January 04, around 12 noon… https://t.co/mw1vxrpm0z

– brainsnon (@ceveaux not available)

The two activists were immediately arrested by the gendarmes who ensure the safety of the premises, which confirmed the Paris police headquarters. In a press release, the collective warned: “As long as the government continues its criminal inaction, we will continue to use all non -violent means at our disposal to make our revolt cries heard.” And to call “all the citizens who share [its] values ​​to join civil resistance “.

A cleaning team quickly intervened to try to erase the traces of painting, noted a journalist from the France-Presse agency. The Prime Minister, who is responsible for ecological planning, was Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition from July 2019 to July 2020. She assumes, in her words, a “complex” ecology and “responsibility”, which “refuses the Simplism “. The action of the latest renovation took place shortly before the Prime Minister received several employers’ union organizations and employees about the pension reform.

/Media reports cited above.