The Five Star Movement (Italian: Movimento Cinque Stelle [moviˈmento ˈtʃiŋkwe ˈstelle], M5S) is a political party in Italy started by Beppe Grillo, a popular comedian and blogger, with Gianroberto Casaleggio, a web strategist, on 4 October 2009.The M5S is considered populist, anti-establishment, anti-corruption, environmentalist, anti-globalist and Eurosceptic. Grillo himself provocatively once referred to his movement as "populist" during a meeting held in Rome with M5S senators.