Premier Matteo Renzi told the
executive body of his Democratic Party (PD) Monday that
followers of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) may
begin shifting course away from founder Beppe Grillo, who has
said he is tired and needs support.
M5S partisans may no longer use Grillo's blog, his main
form of communication, as their "compass", the premier added,
going on to downplay Grillo's "tiredness".
The M5S has slammed against "the wall of the PD's 40.8%
electoral victory", the premier said.
"We are not asking the M5S, or a part thereof, for a
political alliance...but we must see if we can make them talk to
to us on some of the issues" he went on.
Grillo's movement is in crisis and this could "drive their
voters towards the more radical right, but it also opens up an
interesting and significant institutional issue, which I would
like us not to throw away," Renzi said.
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