Founder Beppe Grillo speaks at the 5-Star Movement party's open-air rally at Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy, October 21, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 5-Star Movement severed ties on Sunday with its co-founder, the comedian Beppe Grillo, a further step in turning what was once a radical protest movement into a more mainstream left-leaning force.
In a series of reforms, 5-Star supporters also voted down a proposal to ban alliances with other parties, a move that could smooth relations with the main opposition Democratic Party (PD) and ultimately provide more of an electoral challenge to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing coalition.
