The secretary of the PD Matteo Renzi analyzing the final data of the 2017 administrative ballot comments on Facebook: “The results of the 2017 administrative offices are patchy. As is almost always the case for administrative offices. In the total number of mayors won we are ahead of the Democratic Party, but it could have been better: the overall result is not that great. Lights and shadows in all other areas. These are the true data ”,“ the continuous grumbling within our party favors many of the negative results ”. And he adds: "Someone will say that the coalition was needed, ignoring that there was a coalition both where it was won and where it was lost". Renzi goes on to say: “Someone will say that this result is a wake-up call, it is not clear what and why since in a municipality you lose, in the one next to you you win. People who never took a vote will comment emphatically forgetting that candidates matter more than the national debate in choosing a mayor. Then the chatter will move elsewhere. As always, more than ever. Because administrative elections are something different from political elections ”. He concludes “Going to bed, a thought to the elected mayors, to those of my party but also to the others. From tonight you represent your community. Forget the chatter ”, writes the former premier.
