The last calls to vote from the candidates of Florence
(Giorgio Bernardini and Mauro Bonciani) «Do you want a ‘funarea’ city?», «Nooo» the eighty loyalists reply in chorus Eike Schmidt, who thus harangues the candidates and supporters who arrived at the Isolotto for the last rally of the center-right candidate for the Florentine municipal elections. The director of the Capodimonte museum on leave continues with the appeal, recalling his slogan: «Do you want a magnificent Florence?». «Yessss!» the claque still assists him. “Then you know what to do.” (Full article here)
On the other side of the city, the dinner of a thousand becomes the dinner of 1,400 and the queue to enter the space set up in Viale Tanini al Galluzzo is more than one hundred meters long. At 9pm there are still those who have to enter. The center-left candidate for mayor of Florence Sara Funaro ends her electoral campaign here, after a visit to the minimal houses of Rocca Tedalda. Mother Antonina and father Renzo are also at dinner. Funaro begins by remembering Massimiliano Pescini, then makes the final appeal to his family and those undecided to vote.
«Emotion and responsibility. In these long months I have always felt surrounded by the affection and strength of a community and by many citizens attentive to their Florence, in an electoral campaign which instead saw the others focus on attacks and slogans, not on the contents: I would have expected a much higher level – said Funaro – I want to thank everyone, from citizens to candidates to parties. I invite those who are undecided to think that there is a battle not only over projects but over the vision, ideals and identity of this city. We are the true center-left coalition, which has concrete projects, which wants to preserve and grow the values of Florence.” (Full article here)
