Editing Graffiti (section)

=== Europe ===

[[File:Graffiti removal berlin.jpg|thumb|upright|Graffiti removal in [[Berlin]]]]

In Europe, community cleaning squads have responded to graffiti, in some cases with reckless abandon, as when in 1992 in France a local Scout group, attempting to remove modern graffiti, damaged {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20171109194433/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26895452 two prehistoric paintings]}} of [[bison]] in the [[Cave of Mayrière supérieure]] near the French village of [[Bruniquel]] in [[Tarn-et-Garonne]], earning them the 1992 [[Ig Nobel Prize]] in [[archeology]].<ref name=improb>{{Cite web|url=http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig1992|title=1992 Ig Nobel Prize Winners|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225074430/http://improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig1992|archive-date=25 February 2011}}</ref>

In September 2006, the European Parliament directed the European Commission to create urban environment policies to prevent and eliminate dirt, litter, graffiti, animal excrement, and excessive noise from domestic and vehicular music systems in European cities, along with other concerns over urban life.<ref name=europa>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-6-2006-0367_EN.html|title=Texts adopted - Thematic strategy on the urban environment - Tuesday, 26 September 2006|website=www.europarl.europa.eu}}</ref>

In [[Budapest]], Hungary, both a city-backed movement called ''I Love Budapest'' and a special police division tackle the problem, including the provision of approved areas.<ref name=index>{{Cite web|url=http://index.hu/belfold/budapest/2010/03/14/bealkonyult_a_falfirkanak_budapesten/ |title=Index—Belföld—Kommandó üldözi a graffitiseket |publisher=Index.hu |date=14 March 2010 |access-date=29 July 2010}}</ref>