US EditionActivists throw paint on Barcelona's Sagrada Familia over Spain fires
Activists protested insufficient government climate action by painting Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, highlighting wildfires that burned nearly 1 million acres in Spain this year, data shows.
- On Sunday, Futuro Vegetal activists smeared red and black paint on Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica to protest summer wildfires in Spain.
- Amid a severe wildfire season, EFFIS reports more than 280 individual fires have burned nearly 1 million acres across Spain, killing four people and ravaging 350,000 hectares in the past fortnight.
- Futuro Vegetal said the protest aimed to denounce government "complicity" and cited roughly 70% of wildfires linked to livestock farming, highlighting their past art protests like one at Madrid's Prado Museum in 2022.
- Video shows police arresting two protesters during the Sagrada Familia action, while paint was also thrown at a super yacht linked to Nancy Walton Laurie and Lionel Messi's Ibiza mansion; Spanish police arrested 22 Futuro Vegetal members last year.
- Across Europe, activists have adopted tactics seen in the van Gogh incident , while Spain's government has convened meetings in recent weeks to address the climate emergency.
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Climate protesters throw paint on Sagrada Familia
ANGERED climate activists from the Futuro Vegetal organisation threw red and black paint on the façade of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona on Sunday, August 31, to protest the inaction of the government regarding the vicious fires ravaging a large part of Spain this summer. The two members of the organisation protesting were arrested and subsequently released after paying a hefty fine of €600. Source
Two activists from the organization Green Future threw colored powder at the facade of the Sagrada Familia basilica to protest the Spanish government's inaction over the devastating fires. Both were arrested but released after paying a fine of 600 euros.
Why has paint been thrown at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona?
Activists from the organisation Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) threw red and black dyed powder against the façade of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona in protest against the management of politicians during the serious fires that devastated a large part of Spain this summer.
World-Famous Basilica Targeted by Climate Extremists
Left-wing climate extremists targeted Barcelona’s Sagrada Família Basilica on Sunday, August 31, dousing parts of the building with red-colored powder in a protest against government inaction on wildfires. The group is venting its anger on the city’s major landmark, hoping to pressure authorities into taking action—but the backlash was immediate. Radicals “Futuro Vegetal” shared photos and videos of the stunt on social media under the slogan “We…
A video of the activists' action was posted on the Instagram account of futovegetal.
Color attack on Barcelona's Sagrada Familia: Two climate activists defile the basilica in protest with colour. They denounce "the government's failure to take action against the climate crisis – and are arrested.
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