Beppe Grillo

Five Stars Movement party

In 2010, he started a political movement called "Movimento 5 stelle" ("Five Stars Movement"), without the desire to be a leader and to be elected, but only to join, by the Internet, people who believe in ideals like honesty and direct democracy, and saying that politicians are only subordinates of the people and that they should work for the country only for a short time. They should not have criminal records, and should focus on thinking about the problems of the country without any other conflicts of interest. The movement became a party with electoral prospects in the 2010 regional elections, with four regional councillors elected. The party made further gains at the 2012 local elections, receiving the third highest number of votes overall and winning the mayoral election for Parma.

At the 2013 general election the party won 25.55% of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies ^[13]. The "Movimento 5 stelle" ("Five Stars Movement") is the first party (but not the first coalition) in the Chamber of Deputies.