After Brexit, the guru of the 5 Star Movement, Beppe Grillo, who returned to the scene for the occasion to dictate the line, discarded the clothes of the Eurosceptic barricade and did not join the delirious demonstrations of jubilation of the British nationalist leader, Nigel Farage ( “It's our Independence Day”), which is his ally in the European Parliament in Strasbourg with which he has created a common group.
"The European Union must change and we want to change it from within, otherwise it dies" argued Grillo who, sensing the possibility of playing a future role at the national level, has abandoned for once the comfortable shores of demagoguery and anti-populism Europe, even at the cost of arousing dissent and bewilderment in its ranks with its somersaults.
But, as President Emeritus of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, wisely observes today in an interview with "Corriere della Sera", "(Grillo's) statement is interesting but a few sentences are not enough to gain credit as politically coherent and capable of governing seriously ”.
In short, if they are roses they will flourish. But Grillo has only one way to become credible: to follow words with deeds. So why doesn't he break completely with Farage and get the grillini out of the common group set up with right-wing nationalists in the European Parliament? The turns, either are complete or they are not. However, after the umpteenth round of the waltz by the candidate for prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, who yesterday relaunched the referendum on the euro, downsized only a few weeks ago during his diplomatic trips to Europe, one wonders what the real line is of the 5 Star Movement on Europe.
Somersaults can also amuse fools but, since the world began, they don't make a policy.
