Napoli, De Laurentiis: No Campania bid, just talks with Meloni | OneFootball

Aurelio De Laurentiis intervenes directly to put an end to the rumors that saw him in the running for the presidency of the Campania Region.

Naples, De Laurentiis denies: “No candidacy in the Campania Region, with Meloni only…”

The Napoli president, through a message published on his X profile, clarified the reasons for his recent visit to Palazzo Chigi, rejecting any hypothesis of political involvement.

The official denial

“I read that I would be interested in a candidacy for the Campania Region. I absolutely deny it,” declared De Laurentiis. “I met Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi to talk about the two ‘Cs’ that have always interested my professional and entrepreneurial life: Cinema and Football.”

A clear clarification, coming after days of speculation and press articles that had revived the hypothesis of his entry into the field with the center-right.

The center-right hypotheses

According to reports from Il Fatto Quotidiano, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had considered De Laurentiis’s name as a possible candidate to lead Campania, a region where the majority has not yet reached an agreement.

The situation remains fluid: among the names circulating in recent days are Deputy Foreign Minister Edmondo Cirielli, Mayor Giosy Romano, and Rector Matteo Lorito. The absence of a shared choice has made the rumors more persistent, also fueled by the presence of the Napoli president at Palazzo Chigi and his announcement of participation in the Forza Italia event “Libertà”, scheduled at the end of the month in Telese.

De Laurentiis’s priorities

The entrepreneur, however, wanted to clear up any misunderstandings. “Football and cinema” remain the only priorities of his career, two sectors that have always marked his professional path. No opening, therefore, to a direct role in regional politics, at least for the moment.

With this stance, Aurelio De Laurentiis reaffirms his commitment to the activities that have made him a leading figure on the national and international scene, leaving the responsibility to the center-right to identify a candidate for Campania.

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