Florence, 11 June 2024 – Therefore there will be a run-off on the day of Saint John. Florence goes to the second half of the administrative elections. The center-left and center-right will compete for the seat of mayor.
Sara Funaro, former councilor of the council of Dario Nardella (who among other things collects over one hundred thousand votes and flies to Strasbourg as a European deputy) e Eike Schmidt, already director of the Uffizi Museum, will be against each other for two weeks, during the extra times of these consultations. The first achieved 43% of the preferences.
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The second stops at 32.9/33%. About ten points difference between the two. Certainly a considerable distance. But at Schmidt’s headquarters his staff and his loyalists are convinced of a comeback. They will immediately get to work to convince the undecided.
Eike Schmidt and Sara Funaro (New Press Photo)
“I don’t make far-fetched proposals, I certainly won’t propose islands of plastic in the middle of the Arno – says Schmidt, citing a proposal from Funaro – But I will go on concreteness”.
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“St. John doesn’t want deception”, is Schmidt’s joke, recalling the day when the bill will be due of the ballotJune 24th, the day dedicated to the Patron Saint San Giovanni.
“Extraordinary data – says Funaro from his headquarters, where he followed the counting for a good part of the day – considering the data where we started. The center-left has many candidates and it seems clear to me that the indication of the citizens it is clear. Compared to the surveys we have seen circulating, this is an extraordinary figure. I would like to thank all the candidates. From tomorrow we will draw a line and start from scratch. The challenge is between us and the right.”
What will happen now? Possible connections and alliances will begin. The reformists will tip the scales. Stefania Saccardi takes just over 7%. Who will your votes go to? Saccardi herself seems to be waiting. “We are available to talk to everyone – she says – I have always said that I answer everyone on the phone. Marriages happen in two. It is clear that in a proportional system things would have gone differently, but in this case the challenge has become polarized.”
See the rest of the data from this Florentine consultation Cecilia Del Re and his Democratic Florence managed to win 6.2% of the preferences. Dmitrij Palagi of the left it reaches 5.4%. The latter doesn’t think about affiliations and in any case “I won’t vote for the right. Today things have changed. These are no longer the times when voters follow directions.”
