The founder’s offensiveGrillo (once again) against Conte. “The target is the party symbol,” says Prof. Becchi. “And now watch out for Di Battista”The founder accuses: “The movement has lost its identity and has ended up preoccupied with positions of power.” The familiar faces still at the helm, from Fico to Taverna, remain silent and leave it to Conte to respond. Di Maio (speaking from Montecitorio) also alludes to the row over the party symbol. But all eyes are now on Dibba. Will he be the one to “try to answer” the “questions” raised by Grillo and abandoned by Conte’s party? Meanwhile, Musk’s man in Italy, Andrea Stroppa, has also weighed in.byGianluca De Rosa30 JUL 26
StatementsLuigi Di Maio: “Have the powers that be changed the Movement? Ask the powers that be!”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.” TimingbyNicolò Zambelli29 JUL 26
The caseGrillo attacks the M5S: "The revolutionaries have discovered the corridors of power. The Movement has lost its identity"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”byRedazione29 JUL 26