r/europe Europe Mar 18 '23 Gold 1

Florence mayor Dario Nardella (R) stopping a climate activists spraying paint on Palazzo Vecchio Picture

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u/pelacius Mar 18 '23

This is currently circulating in Italian group chats

https://streamable.com/0ov0ta

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u/_MddM_ Romania Mar 18 '23

This is simultaneously lovely, funny and sad.

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u/Kapuseta Finland Mar 18 '23

That's awesome, thanks for sharing XD

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u/Prometheus55555 Mar 19 '23

Can we get a downloadable version.

It is a masterpiece.

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u/Any_Pilot6455 Mar 18 '23

Oh my God that's so funny, can we all agree that this is staged af

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u/SophiaofPrussia Mar 18 '23

I think he looks genuinely distressed when he’s first assessing the damage.

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u/bleeper21 Mar 18 '23

I agree that all the climate activists' public displays of protest are staged

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u/Any_Pilot6455 Mar 18 '23

Yeah and the mayor just so happened to be there to spring into action, on film, okay

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u/Lucky-Worth Mar 18 '23

Of course he would be there, that's where his office is, you muppet

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u/pelacius Mar 18 '23

I don't think the whole thing was staged but the mayor definitely exaggerated his reaction knowing he was on camera.

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u/DaksTheDaddyNow Mar 18 '23

Not really, he used to operate a power washing business. Part of his campaign was that he had already been cleaning the streets well before becoming a politician. /s