The cat and the mouse. Who today brings the carrot as a dowry and tomorrow proudly shows the stick. Aware of being, without any reasonable doubt, the tip of the scale. Matteo Renzi returns to talk about Florence and the rumors about a possible convergence of Italia Viva with the Democratic Party. And it does so with the awareness that, if the Democrats decided to go alone to local elections, the scrutiny to decide the name of the future president of the Chamber would go from an eventuality to a solid and indisputable certainty. “What if there is a rapprochement between the Democratic Party and IV? I don’t see it, but I don’t think Elly Schlein wants to lose Florence, if I were them I would think a little”, recalled the Rignano during the presentation of businessman Federico Marchetti’s new book.
The former prime minister established two indispensable conditions: firstly, the primaries that should take place on March 3rd. Open to Cecilia Del Re, Stefania Saccardi and Sara Funaro. This is a scenario that no longer convinces the Democratic Party at all. Who chose, by authority, the current Social Security councilor and said no to an internal competition within the center-left coalition. But there is one point, if possible, that makes the agreement even more complicated (if not impossible). In other words, the defenestration, in terms of choices and political weight, of Dario Nardella. “There are mistakes that Palazzo Vecchio is making. The fines: you can’t make money from those who drive at 51 per hour on the avenues, in our time we collected 51 million, today they put 130 million in fines in the budget. And then the stadium. The money is missing. It’s a patch that doesn’t resist and deep down in her heart Nardella knows it too. But now it’s over, in 5 months Nardella will be in Brussels, the problem is solved, he will take care of other things. When he finishes, there will be another mayor and he will take care of this matter.” The feeling, concrete and tangible, is that Renzi is trying to internally wear down the Democratic Party. Create internal friction between the (majority) Nardelian current and that closest to the governor of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani. In this scenario, there is a certain date, a kind of deadline. On Friday, the 19th, the Democratic Party will officially present Sara Funaro as a candidate for mayor. Is it realistic to believe that, within a month, the Florentine Democrats will accept the primaries they have (forcefully) rejected until today? A question whose answer will determine the very future of Florence.
Source: IL Tempo
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