Through this participatory democracy model, the Five Star Movement today stands around 30 percent in national polls. Now, Five Star Movement members can choose their candidates online. Citizens are even able to select themselves for parliamentary elections, for the European Parliament and for regional assemblies. Proponents write out what they are proposing, and Five Star members vote on the ones to be taken to Parliament. We started using the Meetup platform in 2005, before the Five Star Movement came to life.

Source: Huffington Post March 22, 2017 13:52 UTC