Italy's 5-Star to rerun vote that ousted co-founder Grillo


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  • Tuesday, 26 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: 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 opposition 5-Star Movement plans to re-run a vote that severed its ties with co-founder Beppe Grillo, its leader Giuseppe Conte said late on Monday.

The removal of Grillo from his role as party guarantor was one of a series of reforms agreed by 5-Star members on Sunday that were seen as turning what was once a radical protest movement into a more mainstream left-leaning force.

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