Mayor of Parma Federico Pizzarotti, gestures as he talks during an interview with Reuters at his office in downtown Parma, northern Italy March 11, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
PARMA, Italy (Reuters) - A mayor with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement has been placed under investigation for alleged abuse of office, an embarrassment for Italy's second-biggest party which has built its success on a squeaky clean image.
Federico Pizzarotti, the mayor of wealthy northern city Parma, said on Thursday that magistrates were looking into the appointment last year of the head of the local opera house and denied any wrongdoing.
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