Atlas / Organisations / Five Star Movement
Five Star Movement
M5S · 2009– · Italy · Valence Populist · Electoral party · coding confidence low
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Anti-corruption, direct digital democracy, environmentalism, citizens' basic income, hostility to professional politics.
Economic model
Citizens' income, opposition to large infrastructure, mixed on the euro over time.
Organisation of powers
Online membership votes on policy and candidates, two-term limits, recall of officials.
Reading note
Deliberately refuses left–right placement and has governed with partners from both directions. A hard case for any spectrum, which is why it is included.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −04
Coded −4: citizens' income as the signature policy.
- Documented act or statuteThe reddito di cittadinanza was introduced in 2019 and abolished by the successor government.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored −01
Coded −1: deliberately without a settled cultural position.
- Programme textThe movement's founding rules excluded traditional left–right identification.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +01
Coded +1: direct digital democracy alongside a platform controlled by a private company.
- Documented act or statuteCandidate selection and policy votes were run on the Rousseau platform owned by a private foundation.
SC · Scale of decision · scored −02
Coded −2: localist and anti-infrastructure, with shifting European positions.
- Programme textOpposed the Turin–Lyon rail link and other large projects on local grounds.
ID · Rule of membership · scored −02
Coded −2: no distinctive membership position, and shifting migration stances.
- Documented act or statuteGoverned with the Lega on migration in 2018 and with the Democratic Party against it in 2019.
CH · Method and tempo · scored −02
Coded −2: entirely electoral despite anti-system rhetoric.
- Documented act or statuteGoverned in coalition with both the Lega and the Democratic Party within eighteen months.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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