Pd, panic sets in: why Schlein risks losing the last red fort

The last red fort is in danger of falling. A vital symbol for the present, but above all for the future of the Democratic Party. A continuous question and answer, between the majority and the opposition. What announces an election campaign with strong colors. In Florence, last week, there was an unusual atmosphere for the Tuscan capital. A political tension that, at the local level, is in fact an absolute novelty. For the first time, the Democratic Party is aware that it is not absolutely sure of returning to power in 2024.

Two themes at the center of the local debate, but apparently not related to each other. The first concerns security. The City Council presented a proposal to resort to private administrators (to be paid with public money) to try to solve the old problem of the Cascine park. The largest green area in Florence, held hostage for years by a group of 150 illegal immigrant drug dealers. “It’s just ridiculous not to see the traffic police on the road – underlines the leader of the League group, Federico Bussolin – Seriously, the result of the infamous Masterplan of the Parco delle Cascine consists in dispersing some commissioners?”. It is controversial that the same municipal police officers not used in Cascine are working to impose fines on owners of Euro 5 cars. Vehicles that, as of today, will no longer be able to circulate on the city’s ring roads.

A real blow, especially for artisans. But to fully understand the atmosphere that prevails on the banks of the Arno, it is necessary to read the suggestive exchange of caresses between right and left in the trees of Piazza Edison. “I recommend calling the Minister of Agriculture Lollobrigida, famous for important phrases such as ‘the poor eat better than the rich’ – joked the president of District 2, Michele Pieguidi – We are sure that he will also be able to confirm the moment of the plantations that, as if you know, it happens in the fall.” The response from the group leader of the Brothers of Italy in the Tuscany Region, Francesco Torselli, and the leader of the group led by Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Vecchio, Alessandro Draghi is ready. “Perhaps the change in temperature makes President Pierguidi nervous and instead of thinking about the gardens ravaged by wild boars at Villa Bracci, attack Minister Lollobrigida in delirium. I don’t know if he’s green yet, but I’d like you to know that in nine months he’ll have all the time he wants to devote to gardening. We were worried about how he would spend his free time, now we finally know.”

Source: IL Tempo

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