A Rome court on Tuesday rejected
an appeal against Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi's contract with her
5-Star Movement (M5S) setting a 150,000-euro penalty if she
breached the movement's ethical code. The court rejected the
appeal from a lawyer, Venerando Monello, both where he
requested the annulment of the contract and where he requested
the consequent ineligibility of Raggi, sources said. Raggi
reacted by saying "much ado about nothing" and said the ruling
centre-left Democratic Party (PD) had "suffered another defeat"
after a recent loss by PD leader Matteo Renzi in a
Constitutional referendum, which spurred his resignation as
premier.
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