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"Rome (dpa) - In February's general elections, Italy's biggest protest party beat all expectations, taking a quarter of the votes as it rode a wave of popular discontent against a deep economic crisis and a corrupt political class. The Five Star Movement (M5S) attracted Europe-wide interest and comparisons with other up-and-coming anti-establishment forces such as Germany's Pirate Party, with a campaign focused on cleaner politics, web-based democracy and a referendum on a eurozone exit. But now the political creation of comedian-turned-activist Beppe Grillo appears in disarray, after suffering an embarassing defeat in a nationwide round of local elections last weekend."

"What if we could hear the voice of every voter, what if every citizen could vote safely and wisely, and what if every voter could see the choices of citizens globally? What if we could make democracy global and have it be transparent?"