Five Star Movement

Five Star Movement
Leader	Beppe Grillo
Founded	4 October 2009
Newspaper	beppegrillo.it
Ideology	Environmentalism, Anti-corruption, Direct democracy
International affiliation	none
European affiliation	none
European Parliament Group	no MEPs
Website
http://www.movimentocinquestelle.it
Politics of Italy Political parties Elections

The Five Star Movement (Movimento 5 Stelle), originally known as Movement of National Liberation (Movimento di Liberazione Nazionale), is an ecologist and anti-corruption political movement in Italy launched by Beppe Grillo, a popular comedian and blogger, on 4 October 2009.^[1][2]

In the 2010 regional elections the party did surprisingly well in the five regions where it run a candidate for President: Giovanni Favia gained 7.0% of the vote in Emilia-Romagna (6.0% for the list, 2 regional councillors elected), Davide Bono 4.1% in Piedmont (3.7%, 2 councillors), David Borrelli 3.2% in Veneto (2.6%, no councillors), Vito Crimi 3.0% in Lombardy (2.3%, no councillors) and Roberto Fico 1.3% in Campania (1.3%, no councillors).^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.clandestinoweb.com/number-news/11115-elezioni-nasce-il-movimento-di-liberazione-nazionale-di-beppe-g.html
2. ^ http://www.polisblog.it/post/5708/nasce-il-movimento-di-liberazione-nazionale-di-beppe-grillo
3. ^ http://regionali2010.interno.it/R000.htm

External links

• Official website
• Beppe Grillo