Tag: Nicolo Conti

Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement is a new kind of radical and popular opposition to the Italian government

Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement is a new kind of radical and popular opposition to the Italian government

The comedian and TV personality Beppe Grillo has shaken up Italian politics since launching his Five Star Movement – a decentralised non-party, which rails against what it describes as a corrupt and dysfunctional political and social system. An expert on the movement, Nicolò Conti, argues that now that the party has significant parliamentary representation, it […]