October 20, 2015
Economy
Every once in a while we hear about it: that capital controls will soon be lifted, that is when the banks recapitalization concludes. I have no idea who circulates these news but such the option ‘to lift the capital control by -let’s say – end of the year’ seems rather …
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July 14, 2015
Politics
The overwhelming majority of Greeks want to the Parliament to approve the agreement between PM Alexis Tsipras and the creditors. In a public opinion survey conducted by Kappa Research on July 14th 2015 for daily To Vima,gr 70.1% says that the Parliament has to approve the Brussels agreement and thus …
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June 5, 2015
Politics
In a poll conducted June 3rd and 4th but before Greece decided to ‘bundle’ its four trances to the IMF into, the overwhelming majority of Greeks responded that they wanted the country to remain in the eurozone and the Euro as currency. Question: Euro or Our own Currency? Answers: 74% …
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May 26, 2015
Economy
A majority of German, UK, and French citizens believe that Greece should pay the entire amount of its debt on its own, without any help from the European Union, a poll conducted by ICM Research exclusively for Sputnik revealed Tuesday. Greece’s overall debt is currently estimated to be around $350 billion, …
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May 5, 2015
Politics
It has been confirmed again and again, despite Schaeubles & Co, despite the harsh austerity, despite the internal devaluation of the people’s incomes due to inability to devalue the common currency: The majority of Greeks want the country to remain in the Eurozone. Even if this mean a new bailout …
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February 13, 2015
Politics
The party of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, left-wing SYRIZA takes a huge lead towards main opposition Nea Dimokratia of former PM Antonis Samaras. In a poll conducted twenty days after the January 25th elections by MARC for private Alpha TV, SYRIZA not only increased its elections rates of 37% to …
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February 12, 2015
Society
Thousands of Greek school children face one of the toughest aspects of the economic crisis: starvation and hunger. Last week, teachers complained for one more time about pupils who faint in the class room due to starvation. The issue of children going hungry was raised for one more time during …
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February 8, 2015
Society
Seven out of ten Greeks support Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras the way he deals with the country’s lenders, the Troika. According to a poll conducted by the University of Macedonia, the majority of the respondents believe that the PM is determined to implement his pre-elections commitments and that the Greece-Troika …
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February 12, 2014
Culture
George Clooney’s recent statement supporting the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece sparked a debate in Great Britain. The Guardian even started a public opinion survey with the title “Are you with him?” Is George Clooney correct? Should Britain return the Elgin marbles? While promoting his new film Monuments …
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December 17, 2013
Very Mix
Do you remember our recent poll about “problem solving techniques in different countries”? Not knowing that polls were so popular, I was very surprised to see that a whole of 622 people voted their favor way of solving problems. The result of the poll was equally surprising! Although I have …
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January 19, 2013
Economy
What’s your economic mood? How do you see things in the country you live? Here you can take the poll by answering just a couple of questions. From 111 CNN users who took the poll, 33% said ‘they are doing badly”.
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July 13, 2012
Economy, Politics
Most Greeks believe their new coalition government is unable to resolve their near-bankrupt country΄s problems, according to the first poll published after the repeat elections on June 17, 2012. The poll conducted by Public Issue for Skai TV found 51 percent of Greeks believe the government is unable to tackle …
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February 12, 2012
Society
No matter what dilemma PM Lucas Papademos puts on the table (Bailout+Austerity or Default), the Greek people seem to have a different opinion. They haven’t elected him to be prime minister anyway. In a public survey conducted by RASS, 48.1% of the Greeks say “Yes” to Bankruptcy, while 38% say “No”. The …
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February 8, 2012
Society
70% of the Greeks consider that things will get worst if the country abandons the euro and returns to Drachma. Only 15% believe things will be better. In a poll conducted by the Public Issue for private broadcaster Skai and published on Feb 7/2012, 79% of the asked reject the …
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February 6, 2012
Very Mix
The majority – however not the overwhelming – of Germans would better see Greece outside the euro zone, according to an Emnid poll published by German Bild am Sonntag. 34% of Greece’s European partners in Germany say the debt-ridden country should keep the Euro. So far there has been no …
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December 15, 2011
Politics
It is just one month after the coalition government of ex-banker Premier Lucas Papademos came into power and Greeks are already fed up. According to a public survey conducted by MRB, 55.1% say that the image of Papademos’ government is ‘bad’ , while 60.7% of Greek citizens want parliamentary elections …
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November 6, 2011
Politics, Society
“Return to Drahma” is no option for the vast majority of Greeks. They prefer the Euro… In a public survey concluded by the MARC company for news paper ETHNOS, 81.1% of the Greeks favor the Euro, while only 12.9% would like a return to “Drachma”. The poll was conducted among 1,004 …
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June 19, 2011
Society
The majority of Greeks favors the rejection of the Mid-Term Austerity Package, or else also called “Second Memorandum”. According to a public poll conducted by Kapa Research for newspaper TO VIMA, 47.5% of the questioned Greek answered they wanted a down-voting of the II. Memorandum. The voting at Parliament will take …
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March 29, 2011
Economy, Society
Corruption is Greece’s worst problem, however most Greeks see nothing wrong with paying bribes if they need do, a survey disclosed. A third of Greeks believe that corruption is the country’s biggest problem but more than half see nothing wrong in bribing a public servant if they have to. The …
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March 3, 2011
Economy, Society
Eight out of ten Greeks declare, they are “pessimist” as far as the course of economy in general and their own economic situation in particular. In a poll conducted by the Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry with the title “Economy Barometer” 1,000 Greeks through out the country were asked between …
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