Alessandro Di Battista

Italian politician · Italy · Politicians · Born 1978 · age 48

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He walked away from a seat in parliament rather than back a technocrat premier - a rare move in Italian politics, where compromise usually trumps principle. Di Battista became the face of Five Star's purist wing, the one who meant it when he said no deals.

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2021“The M5S is a phase of my life that is now over, but if they were to come back into favour, it would depend on the Movement's political agenda.”In their words16 May 2021Rosa Scognamiglio, Dibba choc su Israele: "Politica di apartheid contro i palestinesi" , ilGiornale.it, 16 May 2021Read the whole statement

2017“Berlusconi is angry with the Five Star Movement because our anti-corruption law is emptying his party.”In their words20 December 2017Alessandro Di Battista: “Boschi sempre al governo, così Pd perde voti”, Blitz Quotidiano, 20 December 2017Read the whole statement

2016“What is the difference today between the PD and a bank?”In their words27 July 2016Facebook.com, 27 July 2016Read the whole statement

“(Addressed to the MPs of the Democratic Party) I would like to remind you that the Five Star Movement does not receive a single euro of public funding for political parties. Zero!”In their words24 February 2016Video available at YouTube.com, 24 February 2016Read the whole statement

2015“If the poor or migrants were banks, you would have already saved them.”In their words22 December 2015Speech at Montecitorio on 22 December 2015.. Enrico Cicchetti, Il caso Carige, Dibba e Di Maio. Ecco cosa dicevano gli “smemorati diRead the whole statement

“It is important for us to identify a common enemy today, and that enemy is centralised power: a sort of centralised, Northern European Nazism that is destroying us.”In their words13 March 2015Di Battista dice che c'è un «nazismo nordeuropeo», Il Post.it, 13 March 2015Read the whole statement

2013Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian RepublicOffice2013-20181978Born4 August 1978

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The M5S is a phase of my life that is now over, but if they were to come back into favour, it would depend on the Movement's political agenda.
May 16, 2021, Rosa Scognamiglio, Dibba choc su Israele: "Politica di apartheid contro i palestinesi" , ilGiornale.it, 16 May 2021, Own words
You yourselves have now become victims of a certain system because you no longer have the slightest freedom to oppose financial capitalism. Why?
Jan 8, 2019, Enrico Cicchetti, Il caso Carige, Dibba e Di Maio. Ecco cosa dicevano gli “smemorati di Casaleggio” sulle banche, il Foglio, 8 January 2019, Own words
I would like Boschi to remain in government, firmly entrenched in her position, so that the PD loses votes.
Dec 20, 2017, Alessandro Di Battista: “Boschi sempre al governo, così Pd perde voti”, Blitz Quotidiano, 20 December 2017, Own words

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Born in August 1978, Di Battista joined the Five Star Movement in 2009 when it was still more street protest than institution. He rode the anti-establishment wave into the Chamber of Deputies during the XVII Legislature, speaking for voters who wanted Rome burned down and rebuilt. For over a decade he stayed inside the tent, but February 2021 drew his line: when Five Star agreed to join Mario Draghi's technocratic coalition government, he quit the party altogether. The activist who'd helped build the movement chose the exit over the room where it happened.

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