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Grillo says the M5S is a 'free association of citizens' and not a political party (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

Green MEPs split on whether to woo Grillo deputies

The EP's Green group has formally rejected Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) bid for group membership, but some Green deputies are finding it hard to entirely give up on the idea of 17 extra colleagues.

The M5S, headed up by firebrand leader Beppe Grillo, entered talks last week with Nigel Farage's eurosceptic EFD group.

These talks prompted the Greens to reject Grillo's subsequent political overtures.

Speaking to EUobserver, Green group leader Rebecca Har...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Grillo says the M5S is a 'free association of citizens' and not a political party (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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