“It was clear for months that he would do so. He will certainly be elected and the European institutions will be able to enjoy his contribution of ideas and values”: this is the ironic declaration of the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto, commenting on Affaritaliani.it on the independent candidacy of general Roberto Vannacci on the League’s lists, throughout Italy, in the European elections of next 8-9 June. “I am happy that a man of value like General Vannacci has decided to continue his battles for freedom together with the League in the European Parliament”, announced the leader of the League Matteo Salvini yesterday in Milan. While the president of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani, the Vannacci candidacy “is totally inappropriate and absurd, but the less we talk about it the better because in today’s media-driven society the more we talk about it, the more we play their game”.
The book and the investigation
Vannacci, Tuscan, 56 years old, 37 spent in uniform with the paratrooper’s beret, under his belt with missions in high-risk theaters such as Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, became an attractive figure for politics last August , with the publication of his self-published book, ‘The world in reverse’, a literary event with over 200 thousand copies in the wake of the controversy over some controversial homophobic and racist passages. An investigation was opened last December.
