THE populist earthquake experienced in Italy's general election on March 4th arose from deep fissures; none deeper than the eternal split between Italy's north and south. The success of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), which tooknearly a third of the overall vote to become the biggest party, resulted largely from the support it received in the neglected mezzogiorno, the south, where gdp per head is less than two-thirds of the national average and almost half of 15- to 24-year-olds are without a job. In Sicily every one of the seats decided on a first-past-the-post basis went to the mss. That places its leader, Luigi Di Maio (pictured, right, with the movement's founder, the comedian Beppe Grillo), in pole position to demand the top job.
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机译：3月4日意大利大选期间发生的民粹主义地震是由深裂缝引起的；没有比意大利北部和南部之间永恒的分裂更深的了。反建制五星级运动（M5S）的成功获得了几乎三分之一的选票，成为最大的政党，这在很大程度上要归功于它在南部被忽视的美佐吉诺的支持，该州的人均GDP低于全国平均水平的三分之二和15至24岁的年轻人中几乎有一半没有工作。在西西里岛，每个席位都是由前席决定的。这使它的领导者Luigi Di Maio（右图，与运动的创始人喜剧演员Beppe Grillo一起）处于最高职位，要求最高职位。
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