Five Star Movement

Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement reached out to leftist parties yesterday in a bid to end the stalemate from a general election, even as a rightwing alliance lobbied for its right to rule.

Italy is heading towards a hung Parliament. After Germany and Austria, it is evident that the major political parties have started losing their support base in Italy, thus, allowing radical Rightist forces to gain ground.

The plan for a parallel currency that the Greek government and the finance minister of the time, Yanis Varoufakis, were planning in 2015, were laid bare with all the details by his close associate at the time, Glenn Kim on Monday at an Italian parliamentary event organized by Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced his resignation on Dec. 5, hours after it was confirmed he had suffered a crushing defeat in a referendum on constitutional reform that has sparked fresh jitters about the fate of a united Europe.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced his resignation on Dec. 5, hours after it was confirmed he had suffered a crushing defeat in a referendum on constitutional reform.

Italian actor, political activist, turned populist politician and leader of the Five Star movement, Beppe Grillo, was among the Athenians celebrating at Syntagma Square on Sunday night after the verdict of the Greek referendum came out in favour of the ‘No’ campaign.

Italy's influential Italian Eurosceptic political party, Five Star Movement (M5S), has collected over 100,000 signatures for a petition calling for a law that would allow a referendum on Italy's withdrawal from the eurozone.