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March 16, 2013

The Most Dangerous Man in Europe

Jan Fleischhauer, Der Spiegel

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Beppe Grillo, leader of the populist Five Star Movement in Italy, prides himself on his ridicule of the parliamentary system. Yet while his anti-establishment rhetoric sounds appealing, at heart it's actually anti-democratic. And very similar to that of an infamous Italian from the past.

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