They had organized a birthday party, with an exchange of letters in Piazza Maggiore, but that square, which on November 14 a year ago was filled to oppose Salvini in view of the regional, had to move it online.
For sardines, the movement that has animated the debate in Italian politics, is still a program to celebrate.
"Sardines - says Mattia Santori in an interview with ANSA - a year later they are more aware, more mature. We changed many habitats in just 365 days. We were born hugging each other in the square, then we found ourselves projecting stories about the Resistance from windows for April 25, then to distribute maps for culture, the tour of Italy, the school of politics, the meetings with the Ministers. We have shown that we can adapt to any context, even if doing politics behind a screen is not in our DNA. We lack the physicality and the true relationship, not surrogate. And we are afraid that the community will return to fragment, that frustration and a sense of loneliness will prevail.
The balance of one year is positive, even with the mistakes made.
"A spectator - says Santori - never wrong, those in the field instead missed a lot, but in the end is the one that makes the difference, which reverses the balance, which creates enthusiasm.
Failure right to error is one of the reasons that makes Italy is a country of old trombones who leave bright and passionate young minds in the corner. Many young people thanked us and discovered that they are part of politics thanks to the invitations of the sardines ".