Ha, "Il Fatto Quotidiano" is pretty much the Five Stars party's official newspaper. So I don't know why they would call them populist (unless they decided that

Ha, "Il Fatto Quotidiano" is pretty much the Five Stars party's official newspaper. So I don't know why they would call them populist (unless they decided that it's easier to redefine the value of the term rather than fight against it). Anyway, Five Stars's proposals are rather extreme, and they're outsiders who don't fit the left/ right division; as such it's easier to recognize and label them as populist than it is with the usual left-wing parties (when their proposals actually are populist, which is not a given).