Italy's Salvini says may run for EU Commission presidency - paper

Italy's far right leader and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini attends a a news conference with French far right leader Marine Le Pen in Rome, Italy October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, head of the League party, was quoted as saying he may consider running for the presidency of the European Commission at the next elections.

"It's true, friends from several European countries are asking me to," Salvini told la Repubblica daily in an interview. "May is still far away. We will see, I'll think about it."