The PM wants to assess how things will go during the summer due to pressures from wildfires, whether tourism will temper the impact of the war in Ukraine, and the course of Greek-Turkish tensions.
If a coalition government were to be formed, the most desirable partner for ND would be PASOK, whose new leader Nikos Androulakis has for now ruled out the prospect.
The poll, commissioned by powergame.gr, gave ND 30.8 percent, SYRIZA 22.8 percent, and centre-left PASOK-KINAL 12.6 percent
Απομένει λοιπόν να δούμε πώς τα τρία κόμματα θα χειριστούν τουλάχιστον τις προεκλογικές συνθήκες στις οποίες πολιτεύονται.
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis distanced himself from past declarations that he will not settle for anything less than ND single-party rule and left open the prospect of a coalition government.
The PM stressed that the twin energy and inflationary crises are a global phenomenon and that there should be a coordinated EU-wide approach in dealing with them.
Amidst SYRIZA’s constant calls for snap elections, 63 percent of respondents oppose that prospect. The majority of respondents favour single-party New Democracy rule, and if that is not feasible a New Democracy-KINAL coalition.
There were arduous efforts to transcend the economic crisis, but without securing the desired reconstruction and recovery of the economy. That is because each time political conditions changed, purposes and objectives did as well.
One of the sins of [recently sacked ex-agriculture minister] Spilios Livanos and [Sparta mayor and former ND minister] Petros Doukas was that they broke – laughing and in a carefree manner] the code of silence surrounding the Karamanlis government.
The polling numbers of both New Democracy and Syriza have declined over the last six months precisely due to KINAL’s rise after its new leader, Nikos Androulakis, was elected in December. New Democracy has lost four percentage points since September.
Tasia Christodoulopoulou said it was a mistake for SYRIZA to espouse the practice of appointing [ministry] general secretaries and directors based on their qualifications, instead of picking people who are loyal to the party.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis won the 2019 general election based on the expectation that he would change the country. That was his pledge and it fuelled expectations among the majority of voters.
If New Democracy does not secure single-party rule, the PM will lead the country to a second general election with an electoral law that gives the first party a bonus of a few dozen parliamentary seats.
The poll indicates that the election of KINAL-PASOK’s new leader, Nikos Androulakis, has substantially boosted the party’s polling numbers and has stirred concerns in ruling ND and main opposition SYRIZA.
As for the reaction to the recent election of KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, 67.1 percent of respondents viewed it as a positive development for KINAL, while 51.3 percent consider that it will lead to a restructuring of Greece’s political terrain.
When asked which party would you prefer to be elected in the next general election, whenever it may be held, New Democracy was picked by 35.8 percent of respondents (39 percent in June), and SYRIZA was named by 29.7 percent (31.1 percent in June).
'It brings great sadness to a scientist and to the average citizen that an older scientific analysis is used as a means of political confrontation,' Tsiodras said.
Mitsotakis in public statements has downplayed the significance of traditional ideological labels, questioning even the utility and substance of the word “progressive” – invoked by both main opposition SYRIZA and the centre-left Movement for Change.
A large majority of respondents expressed approval for Greece’s recent defence agreements with France and the US, especially for the accord with France that included a mutual defence pact.
Papandreou’s candidacy threw the electoral process into a tailspin, with one candidate (MP Vasilis Kegeroglou) withdrawing from the race and the other candidates feverishly revising their strategies and regrouping.