Overview

• Police accompanied a judicial officer into the via Watteau site, found no occupants, sealed the entrances and placed the building under guard.
• The action was moved up from a scheduled September 9 date without prior notice to the city administration, prompting a complaint from Mayor Giuseppe Sala.
• Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi called the operation a restoration of legality under a “zero tolerance” policy, as government leaders welcomed it and opposition figures denounced it.
• The property owner, Immobiliare L’Orologio of the Cabassi family, had a lawyer on site, and a 2024 appeals ruling awarded the owners about €3 million for missed evictions as the ministry sought the same sum from Marina Boer of Mamme del Leoncavallo.
• The association says it has 30 days to arrange recovery of items, the city continues work on a potential relocation in via San Dionigi, and activists are mobilizing for a national protest in early September.