Italy's poor south looks to 5-Star for hope at election


A man stands to look electoral posters in Pomigliano D'Arco, near Naples, Italy, February 21, 2018. Picture taken February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

POMIGLIANO D'ARCO, Italy (Reuters) - In a baroque church in Pomigliano d'Arco at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a cluster of struggling Italians receiving food and other hand-outs from the local priest have no doubt who to back in the March 4 parliamentary election.

The poor, as well as the priest and his team of volunteers, say they will vote for the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, the only party they believe offers hope of renewal for one of Europe's most economically deprived regions.

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