Antonio Decaro assures: “I’m studying”. The candidate of the Democratic Party is involved in the electoral campaign for the European elections on 8 and 9 June as a candidate in the Southern constituency. “Finally in Europe they will hear the voice of the South”. Yes, but in which dialect? In the commercial that the mayor of Bari is launching on social networks in these hours, we see him dealing with severe teachers from Calabria, Puglia, Campania and Abruzzo who try to teach him the rudiments of local dialects.
Some problems with the aspirated ‘t’ of “suppressata”, sure. The Neapolitan teacher scolds him, “Anto, it’s not exactly like that.” But even with the ‘his of him’ Apulian there is no shortage of difficulties: “Incurtimm’ the distances” between Europe and the municipalities is not ‘”Accurtiam'” the distances. With practice, however, things improve and the teacher from Abruzzese recognizes: “Frechete! You are ‘mbegnann”. That is, “damn if you’re trying hard.”
Despite the difficulties with the dialects and languages of the South, Decaro’s acting performance is promoted by web users: “A PD candidate who carries out a communication campaign isn’t cringing? There is hope for the opposition” , we read in the comment of the video. “It almost makes you want to vote for him”, underlines a user who is evidently not an early fan of the mayor. On the other hand, Decaro is no stranger to these performances. It was 2019 when, as re-nominated mayor of Bari, to convince voters of the need not to interrupt the experience of governing the city, he staged a series of half-finished situations: from the barber who left half the customer’s face soaped up , to the little old lady left by the willing young man halfway at the pedestrian crossing between the speeding cars, to get to the little girl who blows out only half of the candles on the cake. He, Decaro, takes care of extinguishing the other half, saying: “I can’t stand things left half done”.