Meloni attributes the attacks to “anarchist groups” his legations have suffered since his arrival in government
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni yesterday denounced acts of vandalism registered Friday against the country’s general consulate in Barcelona and the burning of a diplomatic vehicle at the service of the embassy in Germany, registered days earlier. He labeled these incidents as “disturbing acts of violence.”
Rome’s public prosecutor’s office is waiting for the necessary information to launch an investigation into these incidents, which followed the December 2 burning of the vehicle of the first adviser to the Italian embassy in Athens, Susanna Schlein. At the time, the transalpine prime minister publicly expressed her suspicions about the actions of “anarchist groups.”
“I have sent my solidarity and that of the Italian government to the First Counselor of the Italian Embassy in Berlin, Luigi Estero, for the attack that set fire to his car in the German capital,” Meloni said. “Added to this episode is the raid of our Consulate General in Barcelona with acts of vandalism. The government is following these new cases of violence against our officials and diplomatic representatives with concern and attention,” said statements collected by the newspaper ‘L’Stampa’.
On Friday night, around 10:30 p.m., the Mossos d’Esquadra received a message and went to the transalpine consulate, on Aribau Street in Barcelona, and found “graffiti and damage to external furniture”, sources from the Catalan Autonomous Law enforcement . The first investigations point to a protest action “against the Italian government” and the agents are looking for the alleged or alleged perpetrators of the act.
Rome’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, has already contacted the embassy in Berlin and the consulate in Barcelona to express “his solidarity” in the face of these acts and asked “that the dynamics of these criminal acts may be clarified”. It also ordered the immediate start of verification procedures and reinforcement of the diplomatic headquarters and personnel involved. “Fortunately, no injuries have been reported among diplomatic personnel in all cases,” he congratulated himself.
Source: La Verdad
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