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"I will not allow four rude men without a mask, sitting without keeping the minimum safe distance, to jeopardize the whole process . I am prepared to close the Navigli [a neighborhood in Milan] and to block the delivery of food at home." The photos and videos of people filling the streets of the city in front of bars and venues have not only provoked the protest of many citizens on the networks, they have literally pissed off, even "enraged", the mayor Beppe Sala , that is, to the person who can decree a new closure of the city.

Sala, on Friday, sent a message through a video to the Milan population that contained an ultimatum: "I am not a politician of metaphors, I am a politician of acts . This is not a warning, it is an ultimatum. Or things change today or tomorrow I will make the decision to close the Navigli and even prohibit home delivery of food. Then you explain it to the owners of the bars why the mayor does not allow them to sell their drinks. "

Sala considers Thursday's images "shameful." "We not only suffered from a health crisis, we have seen how the pandemic has hit our city, but we have also suffered a profound economic and social crisis . Milan has a need to return to work." The mayor spells the verb "tra-ba-jar" in the video. "Reopen", he said, "it is not a whim, it is a necessity. I am and will always be by the side of the families who cannot make ends meet . I am by the side of those who have to work and do not go out into the street to have fun".

For its part, the City Council will strengthen controls on the street through the local police. "But I repeat it," Sala has concluded, "we are not playing police and thieves , this is not a game, we cannot allow those images in a city with 1,400,000 inhabitants and 1,700 kilometers of streets. Let's all use our heads , including that 1% of Milanese who do not use it and puts the rest of the population in difficulty. "

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