if you make a mistake in your analysis of reality, you lose the Reggionline -Telereggio match – Latest news Reggio Emilia |

REGGIO EMILIA – What does the administrative vote of 8 and 9 June say in the capital municipality? He says that for the majority of people from Reggio Emilia, ours is a city that can be proud of its history and its present. It is not a wasteland in the hands of gangs and drug dealers, a place where you can’t leave your house or take a walk in the centre, the capital of bad governance and degradation. Indeed, on the contrary, it is a city that for decades has been at the forefront in Italy and not only for its social, health and children’s services, for its cultural policies and for the liveliness of its economic system.

Everything is fine? No, everything is not fine. Reggio lives transformations of other cities and must deal with phenomena of impoverishment of the middle classes, of marginalization and of loneliness, with the destruction of vast sectors of the trade traditional by the giants of e-commerce. He suffers from problems environmental serious and of a traffic abnormal, fueled by the very growth of its businesses.

In this context, Marco Massariesteemed doctor, man of progressive ideas but foreign to political parties, he managed to embody the pride of a history in the eyes of the majority of the people of Reggio Emilia together with a necessary dose of novelty. His main opponent, Giovanni Tarquini conducted a balanced electoral campaign. You can’t reproach him for anything, except a certain one indeterminacy about the contents which ultimately became penalizing. He tried to broaden the boundaries of the Reggio Emilia centre-right, but failed and with his civic list he emptied the Brothers of Italy, the League and Forza Italia.

Reggio is no longer what it once was. The composition of the population has changed, the parties as large people’s organizations have disappeared. For many years Reggio has been contestable from an electoral point of view, like other cities. What matters are the candidate’s profile, the proposal made to voters and the ability to communicate. But if you make a mistake in your analysis of reality, you lose the game.