Overview

• Authorities advanced the eviction from 9 September to the morning of 21 August, entered around 7:30–8:00, found the building empty and executed what police counted as the 133rd attempt.
• The keys were handed to L'Orologio, the Cabassi family’s company, and the site is now under police and private security protection.
• A Milan Court of Appeal ruling requires the Interior Ministry to pay roughly €3 million to the owner for past failed removals, a decision that heightened pressure to act.
• Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hailed the move as a restoration of legality under a zero‑tolerance policy toward unlawful occupations.
• Mayor Giuseppe Sala said the city was not informed in advance; talks over a possible municipal relocation in via San Dionigi continue despite remediation costs and administrative delays, while organizers plan a national protest for 6 September.