Today the Minister for the Public Administration and Innovation can count on several years before the end of the legislature; if he wants, the time needed to play and win the implementation match. This will require determination, patience, and the humility to do work that is certainly less exalting and gratifying than planning legislation and announcing major reforms. However, the Minister’s announcement that he intends to dedicate a significant part of his time and efforts in the coming years to the tasks and duties of the office of mayor of a large city make us fear that the challenge and the difficulty of implementing administrative reforms are yet again being underestimated by the person who ought to be providing the essential overall guidance for them.