Grillo calls premier 'kept man of politics'
M5S leader spars with Enrico Letta
10 May, 18:00
(ANSA) - Rome, May 10 - The leader of Italy's
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) struck back at Premier
Enrico Letta Friday, calling him "a kept man of politics" for
being the nephew Silvio Berlusconi's long-time right-hand man,
Gianni Letta.
"How should I perceive someone who's a professional nephew?
We won't accept his moral lessons, not from a man who holds on
to 46 million euros in public campaign finances," said Beppe
Grillo.
The M5S party refuses to accept any public funds for its
campaigns unlike Letta's center-left Democratic Party (PD).Earlier in the day, Letta lashed out at Grillo after the opposition leader accused the fledgling government of committing a "coup d'etat" when it formed a broad, left-right coalition that includes members of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's center-right People of Freedom (PdL) party. Letta called Grillo's comments "totally unacceptable" in a press conference held with European Parliament Speaker Martin Schulz.
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