The V2-Day (short for Fuck-Day and resumed in the symbol V of V for Vendetta ) was a popular initiative on 25 April 2008 at the initiative of the comedian and political activist Beppe Grillo to collect the signatures required to hold three referendums . The referendum questions concerned the abolition of public financing to publishing of the ' Order of Journalists , and the Gasparri law . [1] The initiative, organized under the slogan Free information in a free state and held in 500 squares in Italy and 'abroad, she recalled in the name of V-Day , which was organized by the same Grillo in September 2007 for the collection of signatures needed to present a draft law of popular initiative .