Vatican police on Monday
detained a Trieste restaurant owner who spent two nights perched
precariously on the dome of St. Peter's in protest, Vatican
spokesman Federico Lombardi told ANSA on Tuesday.
He will be investigated by Vatican prosecutors, Lombardi
added.
Marcello Di Finizio climbed the 138-meter-high dome that
looks down on Vatican City on May 29 to protest against European
Union policies that he says could lead to the closure of his
sea-front restaurant.
MPs from the anti-euro, anti-establishment 5-Star Movement
eventually managed to convince Di Finizio, who has three times
before climbed the dome in protest, to come down and talk to
them about his reasons for discontent.
He was arrested soon after.
Di Finzio staged similar demonstrations on May 20 last
year, and on July 30 and October 2, 2012, to protest the
austerity measures of ex-premier Mario Monti's government as
well as EU policies.
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