Referendum, voting on Sunday 8th and Monday 9th. The final event to push for yes. Lepore: "The quorum is achievable"

"Five yeses". This is the chorus sung out loud by several hundred people gathered in Piazza XX Settembre for the closing event of the referendum campaign on work and citizenship promoted by the CGIL Referendum Committee. The peace flag is the most present among the 46 referendum committees, present near Porta Galliera. Beers, music, fun, chants and banners.

"A long march – says Michele Bulgarelli secretary of CGIL Bologna –. May this 8-9 June be a new 1st May". Thus the campaign comes to an end, after 1,800 assemblies in the workplace and 680 leaflet distributions in the city in just over a month, from the First of May celebrations to today.

"Together for work and citizenship - continues Bulgarelli -. Civil and social rights always go together". At the events "every participant has become an activist. We vote for hope", he argues. A goal, that of the quorum, that does not worry Bulgarelli: "It is already a victory to have imposed on the country a collective discussion on work and citizenship that no one wanted to do". And any success the secretary will dedicate "to all those who died at work and their families. They tried to silence us, calling for abstention is a clever move that hides fear".

In total, 5,300 out-of-town students will vote in Bologna, "the highest number in Italy," Bulgarelli announced. The feeling of those present is that "it will be a participatory referendum in which you go to vote for something, not for someone," some citizens chat while the banner "Voting is an act of love" hangs on the Pincio steps. Piazza XX Settembre is also the arrival point of the bike ride and the distribution of flyers by Coalizione Civica and Avs. In fact, when asked what the outcome of the polls will be, Emily Clancy, deputy mayor, expects "a response from the country."

The speeches continue on the stage. "Every person born in Italy, without Italian citizenship, still has the right to participate in the life of this community", says Vanessa Guidi, vice president of Mediterranea Saving Humans. For Alberto Cazzola of Lo Stato Sociale, however, we must "overcome the idea of ​​citizenship based on place of birth". "We made noise", says Deepika Salhan, co-president of the Citizenship Referendum Committee.

Mayor Matteo Lepore also briefly passed through the square, aligned with the 'five yeses', focusing in particular on the issue of citizenship: "The quorum is achievable and I think it is already a success to have mobilized millions of people. It is always nice when millions of people participate". A battle, that on citizenship, that could unite the center-left, as was seen yesterday evening at the Passepartout club at an initiative with the mayor and the reformists of Azione (Marco Lombardo) and Italia Viva (Stefano Mazzetti).