Anti-gay general European election bid not a problem - Meloni - Politics. A possible decision by Army General Roberto Vannacci to run in European Parliament elections would not be a problem, Premier GiorgiaMeloni said on Tuesday.

The army general was recently suspended from duty for 11 months following a disciplinary procedure sparked by the publication last year of his controversial bestseller 'Il Mondoal Contrario' (The World Back To Front) The 55-year-old former paratrooper commander has been courted by the right-wing League of Deputy Premier and TransportMinister Matteo Salvini.