Alan Johnston: Italy's Five Star protest party makes wavesBBC News. 7.12.2012. Viitattu 5.3.2018. (englanniksi) Lainaus: "A citizens' movement mounting an increasingly serious challenge to the Italian political establishment has chosen its candidates for parliament in an unprecedented online vote. Supporters of the Five Star Movement made their selection from among 1,400 activists."
Beppe Grillo: The 5 Star MoVement between Utopia and reality (Weblog) Il Blog di Beppe Grillo. kesäkuu 2011. Arkistoitu 20.6.2017. Viitattu 5.3.2018. (englanniksi) Lainaus: "In the MoVement, there is a single and unique point of reference: the citizen. No one above him. No one below him. The plague of the so-called “middle management”, bosses, little bosses, head ponces and first row ballerinas ever ready for personal visibility and to be interviewed by the media would make it waste away and after a short time, extinguished. Hic Rodus, hic salta. Either a party or a movement of direct democracy. There is no third way."
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Gruppi parlamentari 2020. Camera dei Diputati. Viitattu 23.1.2020. (italiaksi)
Italy’s 5-Star Movement holds online vote to pick candidatesFrance 24. 12.12.2012. Arkistoitu 21.5.2014. Viitattu 5.3.2018. (englanniksi) Lainaus: "Transparency is indeed the watchword for this unusual movement which relies extensively on the Internet to communicate. And the group held an online vote to pick its candidates for parliament in Italy’s next general election in 2013, choosing from a pool of 1 400 activists who have been busy campaigning online, and via YouTube videos in particular. Beppe Grillo announced the results on his blog. The comic, who did not run in these online primaries, states that around 95 000 electronic votes were registered and women feature strongly among the candidates for parliaments 945 elected seats."
Beppe Grillo: The 5 Star MoVement between Utopia and reality (Weblog) Il Blog di Beppe Grillo. kesäkuu 2011. Arkistoitu 20.6.2017. Viitattu 5.3.2018. (englanniksi) Lainaus: "In the MoVement, there is a single and unique point of reference: the citizen. No one above him. No one below him. The plague of the so-called “middle management”, bosses, little bosses, head ponces and first row ballerinas ever ready for personal visibility and to be interviewed by the media would make it waste away and after a short time, extinguished. Hic Rodus, hic salta. Either a party or a movement of direct democracy. There is no third way."
Italy’s 5-Star Movement holds online vote to pick candidatesFrance 24. 12.12.2012. Arkistoitu 21.5.2014. Viitattu 5.3.2018. (englanniksi) Lainaus: "Transparency is indeed the watchword for this unusual movement which relies extensively on the Internet to communicate. And the group held an online vote to pick its candidates for parliament in Italy’s next general election in 2013, choosing from a pool of 1 400 activists who have been busy campaigning online, and via YouTube videos in particular. Beppe Grillo announced the results on his blog. The comic, who did not run in these online primaries, states that around 95 000 electronic votes were registered and women feature strongly among the candidates for parliaments 945 elected seats."
