MEP Giarrusso leaves M5S to form new movement

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 25 - Italian MEP Dino Giarrusso announced Wednesday that he was leaving the 5-Star Movement (M5S) to form his own political movement.
    Giarrusso has been critical of the positions the M5S, which started out as an anti-establishment movement, has adopted in recent years and the compromises it has made after being in government since the 2018 general election.
    "I'd like to found a movement that makes it possible for the south and north (of Italy) to be equal," said the Sicilian, who was a familiar face with the Italian public before he went into politics as he was a reporter for Le Iene, a Mediaset show that mixes satire with investigative reporting.
    "The M5S has lost its values".
    The M5S caucus in the European Parliament called on Giarrusso to resign as an MEP after leaving the movement he was elected with.
    (ANSA).