The Five Star Movement Turns to the Left, Belatedly

Following last June’s European Union (EU) elections, Italy again has a party in the EU-wide Left group. This presence owes not to one of the many parties of Italy’s postcommunist diaspora but to the Five Star Movement (M5S). This may seem surprising, given M5S’s earlier history. After its first electoral breakthroughs, following the 2014 EU elections it [...]