Anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) leader Beppe Grillo on Wednesday defended M5S
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi from criticism, saying she was a "war
machine". Addressing the M5S Rome city councillors, he said "you
are perfect, we are growing and the Romans are ever more
supporting us". He added: "we have everyone against us, it's
amazing. We are lions". Grillo came to Rome to support Raggi,
who has had trouble getting her administration off the ground
since becoming Rome's first woman mayor in a June landslide. She
is currently embroiled in a row over large rubbish like fridges
dotting Rome, having suggested it was a plot to make her look
bad.
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