Grillo: Let Italy vote online on euro

The leader of the Five-Star Movement has said he wants an online vote on Italy’s membership of the euro, in an interview with a German magazine published yesterday.

“I am a strong advocate of Europe. I am in favour of an online referendum on the euro,” Beppe Grillo told Bild am Sonntag.

Such a vote would not be legally binding in Italy, where referendums can only be used to repeal laws or parts of laws, but would carry political weight. Grillo has said in the past that membership of the euro should be up to Italians.