Draft:Five Star Direct Democracy

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Five Star Direct Democracy
Abbreviation5SDD
FounderLuigi Di Maio
Founded2019 (2019)
Split fromEurope of Freedom and Direct Democracy
IdeologyDirect democracy
Anti-establishment
Anti-corruption
Populism
Soft Euroscepticism
Political positionSyncretic

Five Star Direct Democracy[1] was a political alliance in the European Union created ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election by the then deputy prime minister of Italy Luigi Di Maio, with the intent of forming a political group in the European Parliament.[2] The alliance consisted of five political parties which shared a syncretic[3][4][5] political ideology centered around direct democracy and anti-establishment[6][7] rethoric.[8] The alliance won 15 seats from two different countries (14 from Italy and 1 from Croatia), falling short of the 25 MEPs from seven member states required to form a political group in the European Parliament.

Membership[edit]

The following parties participated in the alliance:

Party Nation Representative[8] Ideology
Five Star Movement (M5S) Italy Luigi Di Maio Populism
Green politics
Direct democracy
Human Shield (ŽZ) Croatia Ivan Vilibor Sinčić Populism
Euroscepticism
Anti-establishment
Movement Now (Liik) Finland Karoliina Kähönen Economic liberalism
Agricultural Livestock Party of Greece (AKKEL) Greece Evangelos Tsiobanidis Agrarianism
Agrarian reform
Euroscepticism
Russophilia
Kukiz'15 (K'15) Poland Paweł Kukiz Right-wing populism
Direct democracy

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wahlen in Deutschland". www.election.de. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  2. ^ "Italy's 5Stars launch new group in European Parliament". POLITICO. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  3. ^ Woods, Dwayne; Wejnert, Barbara (2014-09-04). Many Faces of Populism: Current Perspectives. Emerald Group Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78350-257-8.
  4. ^ https://kljuchrvatske.hr/wp-content/uploads/Kljuc-Hrvatske-statut.pdf
  5. ^ "Akkel.gr" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  6. ^ "Italy's Beppe Grillo battles to sustain anti-establishment message". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  7. ^ Szacki, Joanna Sawicka, Juliusz Skibicki, Wojciech (2015-11-03). "Ludzie od Kukiza w Sejmie: kim są, czego chcą, kto może ich przejąć". www.polityka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ a b https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-elections-2019/opinion/the-five-star-movements-attempt-to-create-a-european-parliament-group/