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Italy's joker turns kingmaker: Grillo in the driving seat

February 26, 2013 07:17
With dozens of new lawmakers from an Italian protest movement still dazed after a shock election success, the party's former comedian turned activist leader was suddenly in the driving seat on Tuesday. Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement (M5S) captured over a quarter of the vote for the lower house, incredibly becoming the biggest individual party in parliament and the number three grouping after the main right and left coalitions.

NEWSMAKER-Comic Grillo stuns Italy with astonishing election showing

February 25, 2013 18:15
* Grillo's 5-Star Movement could be Italy's biggest party * Seen vital to formation of a government * Consummate campaigner, drew thousands to his rallies By Gavin Jones ROME, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The outcome of Italy's national election is still uncertain but what is already clear is that the massive winner is Beppe Grillo, a shaggy haired comedian whose anti-establishment 5-Star movement could well become the country's largest party.

Beppe Grillo: the live wire of Italy's election

February 25, 2013 13:46
Comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo and his Five Star Movement, set to scoop around 20 percent in the Italian general election according to exit polls, have made huge gains among voters with a blend of populism and anti-corruption initiatives. The bushy-haired 63-year-old campaigned from his camper van, travelling to rallies across the country which drew large crowds of young people, pensioners and women sick of traditional politicians caught with their hands in the till.

NEWSMAKER-Joker Grillo is wild card in Italian election

February 24, 2013 06:16
* Grillo's movement seen winning 16 pct * Movement polled as Italy's third-biggest party * No candidate has been in parliament before By Steve Scherer ROME, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Not since Silvio Berlusconi burst into politics 20 years ago has a political newcomer caused the kind of shockwaves that comic Beppe Grillo has set off ahead of Italy's national elections.

Beppe Grillo: the live wire of Italy's election

February 24, 2013 05:00
Comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo and his Five Star Movement are the wild card in Italian politics, after making big gains among voters with a blend of populism and anti-corruption initiatives. Bushy-haired 63-year-old Grillo has been travelling in a camper van to rallies across the country, drawing large crowds of young people, pensioners and women sick of traditional politicians caught with their hands in the till.

NEWSMAKER-Joker Grillo is wild card in Italian election

February 21, 2013 15:00
* Grillo's movement seen winning 16 pct * Movement polled as Italy's third-biggest party * No candidate has been in parliament before By Steve Scherer ROME, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Not since Silvio Berlusconi burst into politics 20 years ago has a political newcomer caused the kind of shockwaves that comic Beppe Grillo has set off ahead of Italy's national elections.

Grillo's crowd says Basta! to old Italy politics

February 19, 2013 17:16
* Iconoclastic comedian heading for strong showing * First general election for his grassroots movement * Raging rhetoric a stark contrast to professorial Monti By Lisa Jucca and Sara Rossi MILAN, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The leader of an anti-establishment movement that is set to come third when it contests its first general election in a few days whipped a crowd of more than 30,000 into a rage against Italy's corrupt political system on Tuesday.

Beppe Grillo: the live wire of Italy's election

February 16, 2013 22:45
Comedian-turned-politician Beppe Grillo and his Five Star Movement are the wild card in Italian politics, after making big gains among voters with a blend of populism and anti-corruption initiatives. Bushy-haired 63-year-old Grillo has been travelling in a camper van to rallies across the country, drawing large crowds of young people, pensioners and women sick of traditional politicians caught with their hands in the till.

Angry man of Italian politics casts election spell

February 15, 2013 08:15
It is freezing but the main square of this small town at the foot of the Italian Alps is packed: the angry man on stage is Beppe Grillo, whose movement is tipped to makes waves in next week's election. "They are attacking us, they're terrorised, because we're doing something exceptional. And no-one gets left behind," he roars to teenagers, pensioners and young mothers with toddlers huddling together in the biting wind.
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