M5s

M5S founder Beppe Grillo investigated

Beppe Grillo, a stand-up comic and co-founder of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), is under investigation for influence peddling regarding several advertising contracts taken out by the Moby shipping company…

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Italy’s 5-Star in turmoil as founder lambasts former PM Conte

Italy’s co-ruling 5-Star Movement was thrown into turmoil after its founder Beppe Grillo said the man primed to become its next leader, former Prime Minister Former Italian premier Giuseppe Conte…

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Former Italian PM Conte 5-star will continue to support government

Italy's 5-Star Movement will maintain support for the national unity government led by Mario Draghi's despite the unpopularity of some of its decisions, former premier Giuseppe Conte, the most likely…

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Mario Draghi accepts Italian President’s mandate to form new Government

Italy's President Sergio Mattarella has given a mandate to former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi to form a new government, an official said on Wednesday. Draghi will now have to hold talks…

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Italian Education minister considering removing crucifixes from schools

Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti this week considered removing crucifixes from schoolrooms to underline their secular nature, sparking a huge row. "I believe in a secular school, I think that schools…

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Italy : 79.3% of M5s members vote in favour of PD coalition government

79.3% of the members of the Movimento Cinque Stelle voted in favour, 20.7% against, the coalition government agreement with the Democratic Party. The members voted through the so called Rousseau…

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Cinque Stelle members to vote on new government coalition on Tuesday

An online vote by grass-roots members of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement on forming a government with the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) will take place from 09:00 to 18:00 Tuesday, the…

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Conte sets Thursday as the deadline for new government

The leader of Italy's Democratic Party (PD) said on Sunday his team was working hard to form a new coalition government with once bitter adversaries from the 5-Star Movement, with…

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Coalition government talks in Italy underway in PD – M5s – Conte summit

A summit between the PD and Movimento Cinque Stelle and designate Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is underway with the aim to iron our differences that emerged in the discussions regards…

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Include our points in new government programme or let’s go for elections – Di Maio’s ultimatum to Conte

Anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio laid down an apparent ultimatum on enforcing the M5S programme after government-formation consultations with premier-designate Giuseppe Conte Friday spurring doubts within his…

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PD agrees to Conte as Prime Minister in coalition with M5s

The centre-left Democratic Party (PD) has agreed to enter into a coalition government with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) which would be led by the outgoing premier Giuseppe Conte. The…

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Coalition talks resume between PD and M5S

Italy’s ruling M5S and opposition Democratic Party (PD) resumed talks on Wednesday over the formation of a new government led by outgoing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. On Tuesday night negotiations…

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M5S – PD talks start again – Trump supports Conte

U.S. President Donald Trump weighed into Italy's political crisis on Tuesday, saying he hoped Giuseppe Conte would be reinstated as prime minister, as the climate improved in party talks to…

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M5S insistence on new mandate for Conte blocking M5S-PD Italian government deal

A change is needed in a government team that could be the fruit of deal between the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), PD leader Nicola…

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Italy’s M5S’s No-TAV motion rejected

The Senate on Wednesday voted against a motion presented by the 5-Star Movement seeking to stop the TAV Turin-Lyon high-speed rail-link project with 181 votes against and 110 in favour.…

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Italian centre right win Ferrara in post-war first

The Italian centre right won the northern city of Ferrara, traditionally a stronghold for the left, for the first time in the post-War period after Sunday's runoffs for local elections…

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Di Maio calling for vote of confidence after European elections results in Italy

Italian Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio said Wednesday that he was calling for a vote on his leadership of the 5-Star Movement (M5S). Di Maio is under pressure after the…

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Europe Votes: Huge win for Salvini in Italy, M5S falls to 3rd place

Matteo Salvini, Lega Party, got a big boost in the European Parliamentary election to become the No. 1 party in Italy, after winning more than 30 percent of the vote,…

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Lega set to be second party in European Parliament latest projections

La Lega or the League Party of Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is set to win 27 seats in May's European elections, according to new set of projections…

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President of Rome Municipality Council arrested on corruption charges

Marcello De Vito, President of Rome Municipality Council, as well as spokesman for the M5S movement, was arrested as part of an investigation into corruption in the issuing of tenders in…

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Salvini expresses caution over China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had a cautious approach about Italy reaching an agreement over China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), insisting it is necessary to protect the…

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Are we seeing Di Maio’s beginning of the end?

Di Maio's experience at the helm of M5s, was a stellar rise to the top, leading Italy 'de-facto' populists into power for the first time and becoming essentially the nation's…

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Italy: Lega and Cinque Stelle enjoy 60% of the popular support

Corriere Della Sera analyses the latest trends in Italian politics which according to the polls it quotes represents a major shift in Government support which the paper claims as unprecedented.…

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Italy: Habemus Premier

After 88 days of negotiations, discussions, false starts, impeachment threats and an institutional crisis Italy's powers announced that "There are all the conditions for a political government". So this marks…

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Possible ‘political’ solution for Italy’s impasse

Italian interim prime minister Cottarelli said politicians, rather than technocrats like himself, might be able to steer the country out of deadlock. This declaration has opened the door for a…

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Quo Vadis Italia – Day 2 – Death threats to Mattarella evoke the memories of when his brother was killed in the 80s

Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini, used harsh tones, to call to popular mobilisation against the powers and the Europe of the banks, in defence of the right of Italian…

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Italy – Contract for the Government of Change approved by 94% of 5 Star Movement members

More than 94% of the members of the 5 Star Movement have said yes to the Contract for the Government of Change! There was a great participation throughout the day.…

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Agreement on the contract for Italy’s new Government. Last hurdle is naming the Prime Minister

After hours of negotiations and discussions on the formation of the new government in Italy, M5s and La Lega has found enough ground to sign an agreement on a plan…

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Italy : The long obstacle race for government formation is still on

There was no agreement on who will be the next Prime Minister of Italy and both M5s and Lega asked Italian President Mattarella for more time. The Head of State agreed to…

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Italy: Race to reach government agreement by Sunday

Italy may be edging towards forming a new government after Luigi di Maio and Matteo Salvini indicate “significant steps forward” have been made. Fresh negotiations on Wednesday between Movimento Cinque…

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Italy – Bid for a PD-M5s coalition closed chapter – Risk of new elections

A bid to form a government between the centre-left Democratic party (PD) and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) is "over" and there is now the risk of another general election,…

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Italy – Centre right takes lead in Molise

Centre-right governor candidate Donato Toma looks set to win Sunday's regional election in the southern region of Molise, the first major test of voter sentiment since last month's inconclusive general…

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