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Berlusconi likens Grillo to Hitler again

P(ANSA) – Rome, May 2 – Three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi on Friday once again likened Beppe Grillo, the leader of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), to Hitler. “He’s a bad man, as all those who have known him up close … Continue reading

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Renzi takes shot at Grillo before vote

P(ANSA) – Rome, April 23 – As Premier Matteo Renzi and his government prepared for a confidence vote Wednesday on a controversial new labour law, he took a swipe at political opponents including Beppe Grillo of the 5-Star Movement (M5S).BRRenzi … Continue reading

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Grillo scoffs at Berlusconi’s community

P(see related) (ANSA) – Rome, April 15 – Beppe Grillo, the comic-turned-politician who heads the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, scoffed at a community-service sentence handed to three-time premier Silvio Berlusconi for a 370-million-euro tax fraud at the media mogul’s Mediaset empire.BR”Now … Continue reading

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Grillo blames ‘anti-Semite’ tag on press

P(ANSA) – Rome, April 15 – Gadlfy comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo on Tuesday blamed the press for painting him as an anti-Semite, after he outraged Jewish leaders on Monday with a blog post in which he borrowed from a classic Holocaust … Continue reading

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Grillo blog outrages Jews

P(ANSA) – Rome, April 14 – The anti-establishment M5S leader, Beppe Grillo, outraged Italy’s Jewish community Monday with a blog poem entitled “if this is a country” – a play on Holocaust survivor Primo Levis’s classic If This Is A … Continue reading

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Grillo compared to old-style politico

P(ANSA) – Milan, April 11 – Premier Matteo Renzi on Friday dismissed Beppe Grillo, maverick leader of the 5-Star Movement (M5S), of behaving like an old-style politician with nothing to offer but insults.BR”Every day, Beppe Grillo attacks and disagrees with … Continue reading

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Grillo wants probed PD undersecretaries’ heads to roll

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-4344e90b0251fe064a4ef8cfb41ae17c.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Grillo wants probed PD undersecretaries’ heads to roll” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-4344e90b0251fe064a4ef8cfb41ae17c.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, March 4 – Beppe Grillo, the head of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), called for the resignations of four more members of … Continue reading

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Parma mayor confirms ‘unauthorized’ meeting, rankling Grillo

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-d5ec78181acafee6ec15bfee8e2b367d.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Parma mayor confirms ‘unauthorized’ meeting, rankling Grillo” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-d5ec78181acafee6ec15bfee8e2b367d.jpg” (ANSA) – Parma, March 4 – The mayor of Parma on Tuesday confirmed a meeting he organized would take place between him and other mayors from … Continue reading

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M5S MPs vote to eject ‘dissents’ who criticised Grillo

IMG class=hide alt=”M5S MPs vote to eject ‘dissents’ who criticised Grillo” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-0390f5ed14328bb53bbf7f82e0c4f8731.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, February 26 – Lawmakers from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) voted in the early hours of Wednesday to eject four ‘dissident’ Senators who criticised leader … Continue reading

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Grillo mounts fiery attack on Renzi in government talks

IMG class=hide alt=”Grillo mounts fiery attack on Renzi in government talks” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-0390f5ed14328bb53bbf7f82e0c4f873.jpg” (By Christopher Livesay) (ANSA) – Rome, February 19 – In some of the final steps before becoming the youngest premier in Italian history, Matteo Renzi on Wednesday held … Continue reading

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