The comedian and founder of the M5S will be a guest on the influencer’s online programme on 21 September. At the end of July, following the postponement of the hearing in the trial against the Five Star Movement leader over the party logo, Grillo had gone back on the offensive on his blog: ‘The M5S has lost its distinctiveness’. As a guest on the podcast, he could resume his attack on the Movement’s new direction.

The former Deputy Prime Minister and current EU diplomat in the Persian Gulf appears before the Chamber on the day Grillo resumes his attacks on the Five Star Movement: “His statements are linked to the fact that a ruling is due on the symbol, and so it is only natural that one of the two parties should use the issue of founding values – as a founder – to claim a share or the integrity of that symbol.” Timing

After a long silence, the founder accuses his former creation on his blog of having abandoned its past. The Movement’s origins stemmed from “disillusionment with a Western model based on democracy and rights, but increasingly dominated by capitalism. The questions remain, the answers have vanished”