Italy PM Meloni announces candidacy at EU election

Rome - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Sunday she will be a candidate at June's European elections in a bid to boost support for her Brothers of Italy party, though she will not take up a seat if elected.

The June 6-9 European Parliament vote is a key test of strength for her 18-month-old rightist coalition.

'We want to do in Europe what we did in Italy... create a majority that brings toget