Italy's Five Star Movement to vote on whether to support new government led by Mario Draghi
Mario Draghi is in talks with Italy's political parties and could form a government by the end of the week
9 February 2021 • 3:45pm
Beppe Grillo, the founder of the Five Star Movement, is in favour of supporting a Draghi government
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Italy’s once fiercely anti-establishment Five Star Movement is to vote on whether to support a new government led by Mario Draghi, who as a former head of the European Central Bank could hardly epitomise the establishment more.
A 'yes' vote would signal an end to the party’s origins as a firebrand populist movement opposed to the political status quo – credentials that have already been weakened by Five Star’s involvement in the last two coalition governments.