There won’t be an official connection but al ballot the best-known exponents of M5s Of Florence they will vote for the centre-left mayoral candidate Sara Funaro (PD). This is what he says for example Lorenzo Masi, lawyer, outgoing city councilor, who was the figure on whom the 5 Stars focused in the first round, obtaining just over 3 percent. “In the choice between centre-left and right there are no doubts for the Five Star Movement – writes Masi in a note -. The right field (as the former prime minister often calls it Giuseppe Conte, ed) can only be built with democrats”. Masi explains that “with the Democratic Party we have had and have different positions and points of view on some issues, but there have been and are collaborations in other contexts and situations that have proven profitable for the community”. Funaro “appreciated its coherence” for having “recognized the field in which to take sides against the worst right ever”. Same choice in the Movement will be made by Silvia Noferi, regional councilor, resident in Florence. “Especially after the very serious events that have occurred in Parliament in recent days – he writes on social media – with the squad attack on one of our MPs, it is clear that this right which initially shows itself as a lamb as soon as it comes to government reveals its true wolf nature , violent and shameless even in offending the symbols of anti-fascism”. For this reason and because “together we can make a difference and build a more just and supportive society” he will vote for Funaro.
The rest of the game is played on the fate of the votes of Stefania Saccardi – candidate of Italia viva who got 7.29% and who has already said she will vote for Funaro unlike the party which leaves its people free – and the votes obtained by Cecilia Del Re (6.21%), dem councilor for urban planning resigned by Dario Nardellacandidate for mayor with her list of defectors from the Democratic Party Democratic Florence. Uncertainty about who to vote for is expressed by Radical left with Dmitry Palagiwhich took 5.45%. Eike Schmidt – who announced the relationship with RiBella Florence, a civic list that received 0.57% of the votes in the first round – hopes to convince even the 100,000 Florentines who did not go to vote. “I continue to read – says Schmidt, former director of the Uffizi now at the helm in Capodimonte albeit on leave – the expression in the rhetoric of the Pd and M5s candidate: ‘Against the worst right ever’. Perhaps it refers to the proposal of free kindergartens for everyone? To elderly care? To the simplification of public administration? To safeguard greenery? To help artisans, to those looking for a home, or are they driven out of Florence to do a favor for speculators? Is it the worst right ever because it wants a cleaner city and perhaps with less violence and drug dealers? No, because if she is against everything – and she is, just live the city and not stay closed in the buildings of power – then she is the worst left ever, full of threats and blackmail, to which many have bowed their heads so as not to lose a seat.”
