ith the economy's rapid erosion under Mr. Monti, the family voted for the anti-establishment Five Star movement, led by the comedian turned activist Beppe Grillo, in the February elections, even though they knew it might lead to chaos. "It's a form of protest," Lorenzo Tedeschi said, adding that he had been

ikely to come in fourth; running well behind the former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who has been convicted of fraud, and also behind comedian, Beppe Grillo, "whose lack of coherent platform hash t stopped him from becoming a powerful political force." !frogman: For Mr. Monti was, in effect, the procons

ars likely to come in fourth; not only is he running well behind the essentially comical Silvio Berlusconi, he's running behind an actual comedian, Beppe Grillo, whose lack of a coherent platform hasn't stopped him from becoming a powerful political force. It's an extraordinary prospect, and one that has sp

promising to be openly corrupt, won enough votes to co-run Reykjavik's city council. And in 2013 a quarter of Italians voted for a party founded by Beppe Grillo, a comedian. All this popular cynicism about politics might be healthy if EFTA00684350 people demanded little from their governments, but they co

right will also do well, as will the hard left. And maverick politicians and movements are springing up in the most unlikely places: the comedian Beppe Grillo in Italy, the Pirate Party in Germany. Today's populism won't lead to war. But it is making the task of governing Europe progressively harder every