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Salvini at the Paladozza in Bologna, collectives in parade and "sardines" in the square

November 14, 2019

BOLOGNA – The meeting of Matteo Salvini at PalaDozza, the procession of social centers from Piazza San Francesco, the flash mob of sardines "anti Lega" in Piazza Maggiore. In the city today, you have to choose which square to stay in. And the police, with at least 200 agents mobilized to prevent the various sides from coming into contact. Last night the finishing touches were given to the public order management plan, which promises to be complex.

The meeting of Salvini al PalaDozza is the fulcrum: announced on the day of the Lega's victory in Umbria, it represents the official opening of an election campaign with no holds barred to bring the candidate Lucia Borgonzoni to viale Aldo Moro. The many squares already crossed by Salvini in the past few days have been the appetizer, this is the main dish. The test of strength consists in filling the PalaDozza, an official capacity of 5,500 people, but the organizers are sold out by 7 thousand, with dozens of buses from all over the region.

Yesterday Salvini has joked: "We will do an Emilian dialect exam at the entrance". But certainly not the cartridges will be spared. On the stage set up in the center of the PalaDozza from 8 pm, for a real electoral show, there will also be the governors of Veneto, Friuli, Lombardy and the newly elected president of Umbria, Donatella Tesei.

Outside the PalaDozza, however, they announce themselves disputes, triggering the reaction of the former minister. "If one says that Salvini cannot go to Bologna, it is also dangerous – said the leader of the League yesterday -. There is someone who says that the League cannot make political initiatives in Bologna, and this is fascism. Saying that the League cannot go to the neighborhoods of Bologna it is red fascism ".

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The social centers and collectives have organized themselves, meeting at 6 pm in Piazza San Francesco, where they will meet and then move in procession towards the PalaDozza. The area will be armored, cleared of cars as early as 15:00. Buses will also be diverted from 5pm until the end of the service. 12 bus lines, including 13 and 19, will follow alternative routes along the avenues.

Salvini in Bologna, the challenge of "sardines": we will be more than the Northern League

To win the "war of numbers" that these initiatives punctually trigger, the unprecedented "fish" flash mob of the sardines on Crescentone in Piazza Maggiore was organized. An idea born of four Bolognese friends for a peaceful and silent protest, which wants to send Salvini a precise message: "We're more of us". Concentration at 8 pm in the square, and then climb together on the crescentone at 8.30 pm, until 8.45 pm.