Five-Star Movement’s leader Beppe Grillo casts his ballot for Italy’s mayoral elections in Genoa, Italy, Sunday, June 11, 2017. Italy’s populist 5-Star Movement was seeking to expand power in mayoral elections being held Sunday in some 1,000 towns and small cities across the country. (Luca Zennaro/ANSA via AP) (Associated Press)ROME — Italy’s populist 5-Star Movement was seeking to expand power in mayoral elections being held Sunday in some 1,000 towns and small cities across the country. Among residents voting in Genoa was comic Beppe Grillo, a founder of the 5-Star Movement and its galvanizing force. The populist movement has been keen on making inroads in the south.

Source: Washington Post June 11, 2017 09:48 UTC