Florence, Tomaso Montanari is a candidate. Because the left is falling apart

Always together, eternally divided. The Florentine left, which for years called the shots and decided the structure of the city, is extremely weak and divided. The latest indiscretion collected by our newspaper is that Cecilia Del Re, councilor dismissed by Mayor Nardella due to a difference of opinion on the tram, broke the delay. The agreement with Italia Viva would not have materialized and thus the idea of ​​a coalition called “August 11”, the date of the liberation of the Tuscan capital from the Nazis, would have been born. Del Re would be the candidate for mayor, supported by the Five Star Movement, some citizens’ movements and the intellectual Tomaso Montanari, leader of the City Council. There are still some details missing, but, according to our source, the die is cast. Thus, on the left, there would be three formations: that of Del Re, in fact, the radical left that proposes Dmitrij Palagi, one of the most prepared and meticulous councilors, and Sara Funaro, supported by Pd, +Europa and Action. In the center Stefania Saccardi, current deputy governor of Tuscany and always Matteo Renzi’s strong woman. And the center-right? Eike Schmidt is an idea that is far from over. On the contrary. The former director of the Uffizi Gallery, barring any sensational (and, at this moment, unpredictable) turnaround on the part of the German intellectual, will be the candidate of the moderates at the Palazzo Vecchio.

In the city, the echoes of the controversy over the banners on Curva Fiesole by Viola fans who pointed the finger at Mayor Nardella, guilty of failing to manage rationally the case of the renovation of the Artemio Franchi stadium, have not gone away. “It’s not a flag, it’s not an offense, it’s a condemnation of the people. This time is different, Florence presents the bill to the Democratic Party of Nardella and Funaro – wrote Fdi senator Paolo Marcheschi in a post that appeared on Facebook – They don’t believe what they see (gazebos, banners, but also a city full of criminals of all kinds, etc.), nor what they hear (on the radio, in the streets, or in the whistles and chants in the stadium), nor what they read (on their message boards filled for months with insults and controversies about many topics ). Much less do they listen to those who tell them that the tide has also changed in Florence and that some self-criticism would not hurt. Never before has there been such a clear description of the poor opinion that Florentines have of their mayor. Despite the silence placed by too many newspapers that defend the device, the PD’s relationship with the city is clearly over. At the height of their pomposity, they consider themselves infallible and therefore impregnable and, therefore, they say this to themselves. And they organize the succession of Nardella with his dolphin Funaro. Obviously saying that it will be (with accent) something new. It suits him to think they are just rude Curva Fiesole fans. But this time it’s not the fans, it’s the people. From this great crisis, which is similar to Baron Münchhausen’s swamp, we cannot save ourselves by pulling ourselves by the tail.”