Italy's 5 Star Movement (M5S) is to launch a new pro-European, but anti-establishment political group in January.
Its initiative could weaken far-right forces in European Parliament (EP) elections in May.
But it could cause other problems for EU institutions, with the party pledging an "earthquake" to shake the bloc's "austere" fiscal rules.
"M5S will be the promoter of a new parliamentary group to bring forward a different Europe", the party's leader and Italian deputy p...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.