The two-party system in Greece is close to extinction, according to a new poll carried out by Public Issue for the television station Skai, which confirms the freefall of parties who voted in favour of the EU memorandum, while Parliament is set to feature representation from nine parties after the forthcoming elections, an increase from the current five.
Meanwhile, more than nine out of ten Greeks (91%) believe that their own economic situation has worsened, while 60% say that they are unhappy with their lives, with 65% expecting unemployment to rise over the next year. Some 86% of those interviewed say that they are “dissatisfied” with the efforts of the government of Lucas Papademos, even though 66% say they have faith in his ability to tackle the economic problems that the country faces. At the bottom of the list of preferences is the Socialist former Prime Minister, George Papandreou (89% dissatisfaction), while there has been a fall in the number of people fearing that the country could default in the coming 12 months.
The poll shows that the two main parties, the Socialist PASOK party and the conservative New Democracy, which have governed Greece alternately since the fall of the Regime of the Colonels in 1974, reached a combined 36% of voter preferences, 11% and 25% respectively, against the figure of 80% support recorded during the 2009 elections. The Democratic Left has a 15.5% popularity rating, followed by Syriza (12%), the Communist Party of Greece (11.5%) and PASOK (11%), while the newly-formed Independent Greeks, created by a group of politicians kicked out of New Democracy for refusing to back Memorandum 2, has a rating of 6.5%. Further behind come the far-right LAOS party (4%), the Greens (3.5%), and the far-right Golden Dawn party (3%). Abstention has fallen from 32.5% in January to 25.5% in March.
(source: Skai, ANSA)
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