Overview

• Police and carabinieri executed the court order at dawn on August 21 with the bailiff present, finding the via Watteau building empty and preparing handover to the Cabassi family’s Immobiliare Orologio.
• The eviction was brought forward from September 9, and Mayor Beppe Sala said the city was not informed in advance despite a security committee meeting the previous day.
• A 2024 Milan Court of Appeal judgment required the Interior Ministry to pay €3 million to the owners for failures to enforce past orders, after which the ministry sought reimbursement from the association Mamme Antifasciste del Leoncavallo and its president Marina Boer.
• Government leaders, including Matteo Piantedosi, Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini, praised the move as restoring legality, while left‑wing figures and cultural voices criticized the decision and supporters gathered nearby.
• Activists have launched fundraising and pursued a potential municipal relocation in via San Dionigi, as the association says it expects time to retrieve materials and legal and administrative steps continue.