The anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) said Monday that its supporters had voted in
favour of a proposal to leave the Euroskeptic EFDD group in the
European parliament and join the Alliance of Liberals and
Democrats for Europe Group (ALDE). The blog of M5S leader Beppe
Grillo said that 40,654 members took part in the vote, with
31,914 (78.5%) backing the proposal to join ALDE. Another 6,444
voted to stay in EFDD, which features the UK Independence Party,
while 2,296 voted for the M5S's MEPs to be unaligned.
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