Cinque Stelle

Conte not ready to act as Grillo’s shadow in Italy’s 5-Star Movement

ANSA - Italy's ex-premier Giuseppe Conte on Monday voiced misgivings about his touted role as new leader of the populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) saying "I cannot lend myself to an…

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Italy’s 5-Star splits with web platform as it heads towards mainstream

Italy’s 5-Star Movement on Friday parted company with its co-founders at the firm that provides its internet platform as new leadership transforms a protest party committed to web-based direct democracy…

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Will ‘Cinque Stelle’ stall Draghi’s government ?

ROME, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Italy's 5-Star Movement struggled on Wednesday to quell its deep divisions over Mario Draghi's drive to form a government which risk tearing apart the anti-establishment party…

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Italy’s 5-Star online ballot to be held after Draghi draws up government agenda: leader to paper

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 5-Star Movement will hold an online ballot of its members to decide whether to back a Mario Draghi government only after the Prime Minister designate will…

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Italy’s 5-Star will not back a govt led by Draghi – senior politician

ROME, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, the largest group in parliament, will not back a new government led by former ECB president Mario Draghi, a senior party…

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Italian’s budget for 2020 will focus on growth

Premier Giuseppe Conte told a meeting of trade unions and business representatives on Monday that his government will enter 'phase two' focused on boosting Italy's sluggish growth in the 2020…

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PD to put forward no confidence motion in Salvini

Italy's Democratic Party will put forward a motion of no confidence against Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. The opposition party's announcement came after Salvini, the leader of the far-right League, refused to…

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5-Star Movement (M5s) will not support government’s plan for ‘fiscal peace’ with small taxpayers if this becomes a major amnesty for tax evaders

Deputy Premier and Labour and Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio said Monday that if the government's plan for 'fiscal peace' with small taxpayers involved in disputes with the authorities is…

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Maltese Government to Italian Minister Toninelli: “Baseless and frivolous attempt to try to impinge on the sovereignty of a neighbouring country”

MaltaToday: The Maltese government described a statement by Italian Infrastructure Minister Danilo Toninelli, who hails from the Movimento Cinque Stelle as 'a baseless and frivolous attempt to try to impinge on the…

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