Waste and mobility. The election of the next mayor of the capital passes from these two puzzle problems. They are at the top of the concerns of 56% and 46% of Romans respectively and stand out in the electoral programs of the four main mayoral candidates: Enrico Michetti (center-right), Roberto Gualtieri (center-left), Virginia Raggi (M5S) and Carlo Calenda (Action ).
Two numbers clearly illustrate the two priorities for anyone who will be called to be mayor in this city in the next five years: 72% of all reports of inefficiencies in Rome in July 2021 were on waste; 165 are the hours lost every year in the city by a motorist. It cannot be otherwise if Ama can guarantee the treatment of only 15% of undifferentiated waste in Rome and if the Romans have 59.4 km of underground lines at their disposal compared to 96.8 km in Milan.
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But the capital, although difficult to manage with its record numbers (it is the first municipality in Italy for green areas; with 2.7 million residents, it hosts as many inhabitants as those of Florence, Naples and Milan), has enormous potential for its almost unique characteristics. One figure above all: with 31 million visitors, it was the most visited city in Italy in 2019. The tourist vocation, the multi-year specialization in the innovation and ICT sectors can act as a driving force for attracting investments and emerging from the post Covid crisis. In this vein, even the recent candidacy for Expo 2030, signed by Prime Minister Draghi and shared by all the mayoral candidates, can give an economic shock to the city.