The protest procession at the G7 in Venaria started at 2.30 pm. A few hundred demonstrators who left the Galileo Galilei park to get closer to the event take part Palace on the outskirts of Turin where the summit on environment and energy is scheduled until Tuesday.
«Sit-in also on Monday evening»
The demonstrators then occupied and blocked the ring road around 2.30pm for about half an hour. «ministers thought they would surprise us by hiding in Stupinigi. We created the surprise by blocking the city.” Around 4pm they set fire to the hardbacks with the blow-ups of the “7 greats of the earth”, first placed in front of the iron grates that prevent access to via Mensa and later burned on a pile of wood. The activists then announced a new demonstration tomorrow evening in the center of Turin: “We are meeting at Palazzo Nuovo and we are going to ruin the dinner of our dear ministers.”
Everything closed in the city
Grates and armored vehicles block the entrance to Via Mensa, the main access road to the Royal Palace. And from 1pm the shops, bars and restaurants, on the recommendation of the mayor of Venaria, they lowered the shutters. The presence of Askatasuna activists was massive, but in long snakealso monitored by helicopters, are also present the environmentalist souls and the flags of Cambiare Rotta, Potere al Popolo, No TAV, No Gronda, Extincion Rebellion and Argentine activists.
Yes to the ecological transition
«The ecological transition does not come from the other, it must pass through the territories – attack the organizers – Their proposal is stop at fossil fuels and European policies do not protect farmers, while large works they destroy the earth. It is not possible for 7 powerful people to meet to discuss a sustainable future when there is a genocide underway.” At the head of the procession is the banner with the protest motto: “You 7 we 99%”».
