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October 18, 2021A result of the administrative offices now confirmed, the comments of the leaders of the main political parties involved in the electoral arena arrive.



Letta, Pd: triumph without triumphalism


"Many ask me what the effects of this vote will be on Italian politics: it paid positively not only for having chosen the best candidates, but also for the unity of the coalition, the generosity of the Democratic Party and also paid for the clarity and coherence of our national political position. We have always been clearly on the side of security and freedom, of the extension of the Green pass, of the vast majority of Italians who want to work and want the country to restart ".



Enrico Letta said this during the press conference to comment on the result of the administrative ballots. But for the secretary of the Democratic Party it is a "triumph without triumphalism" because it is "possible there will be a boomerang if all expectations are not realized, if the benefits of European funds are not seen".



"A triumphal victory, which however we celebrate without triumphalism. It is a result that goes beyond all expectations. Today we celebrate the victory of male mayors, my commitment is the effort for the future to work harder to celebrate the next one. once a victories of the mayors ". 



"With this overwhelming result, we would have an interest in going to the vote, because the Democratic Party in Parliament is underrepresented. But I say instead that this vote strengthens the Draghi government and we ask the government to go on"



Salvini, Lega: we have come too far late with the names of the candidates


"Since many Italian municipalities vote next spring, by Christmas I want the names of the candidates for mayors. The mistake we have made in some big cities is to arrive too late, with the name only at the end" .



Thus the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, commenting with the journalists in Catanzaro on the data of the administrative ballots.



"Especially in a moment like the post Covid one in which - found Salvini - people have little time and many problems, work, taxes, the buffer, the Green pass, the mortgage, the scrapping with Equitalia, to present a mayor and his idea of ​​the city you must have not a few weeks but a few months. Surely arriving late in some big cities did not help us, for this - concluded the leader of the League - I have already asked all the center-right to present the names of candidates for mayors by the end of autumn ". 



Meloni, FdI: the campaign has been turned into a mud fight


"The left has transformed this campaign into a fight in the mud and has done so by criminalizing the opponent, trying to make the other unpresentable by withdrawing the slogans of the 70s". Thus the leader of the Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni in the post-ballot press conference in Rome.



This modality "has removed many ordinary voters who would have liked to hear about everyday issues", ultimately provoking the "mobilization of an electorate and the disengagement of many and all the others".



'' The center-right comes out defeated, we are aware of it ''. '' The left is celebrating on the remains of its Grillini allies ''.



"The center-right parties are on three different positions, clearly for those in the government it becomes more difficult and it is normal for this to lead to a dialectic, but we have made a splendid electoral campaign together. to tell a divided center-right - he explained - but it is having different positions at the national level that creates disorientation, for this reason we must arrive with a clear plan for the next policies ".

"I talked to allied leaders and told them that we have to see each other as early as this week."