“I don’t make comparisons, I say that Mayor Manfredi has always had an institutional approach as far as I’m concerned, and therefore we are working very well”. Thus the Minister for European Affairs and Cohesion Policies, Raffaele Fittoon the sidelines of a meeting at the Industrial Union of Naples, answering a question on the dialogue with the mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi and with the president of the Region Vincenzo De Luca. “I have had a fruitful and positive relationship with all the regional presidents – underlined Fitto – in one case there is, as is known, a dispute not initiated by me, there is a series of accusations and controversies to which I have never replied and continue not to reply, because my approach is exclusively institutional”.
Fitto therefore confirms the feeling with Manfredi: the mayor of Naples aims to form a “wide field” capable of ousting De Luca from the government of the Region. From this perspective, Manfredi himself would take over from the governor at the helm of the Region, leaving the race for mayor to Roberto Fico of the 5 stars. All while continuing to cultivate good relations with the Meloni government. Moreover, even at the European Championships Manfredi is on a separate path from De Luca: if the governor (or rather his son Piero) supports Lello Topo, the mayor prefers Antonio Decaro And Lucia Annunziata.
And yesterday, speaking in Giugliano during the presentation of the project for the new hospital, De Luca again referred to the story of the “battle for the release of cohesion funds” which “was undertaken precisely to protect healthcare in Campania”. And a meeting of the mayors to take stock of the Funds “will be held by June 15th”, he announced. “Naples cannot be sold, Campania cannot be sold. They signed with Sicily, we are happy for them but it’s not good”, De Luca said again, believing that one hundred construction sites could have been opened in a year. “My controversy with a lady who lives in Rome is about these issues and nothing else,” continued De Luca. With differentiated autonomy “it would be the death of healthcare in the south… I can’t speak otherwise I will continue to play the victim.”
