December 19, 2015
Society
No one should wonder that Greeks will not welcome the New Year with full of optimism. Why should they? Austerity and its impact in real life is here also for 2016, new austerity measures that will hit broader groups of the society are on the way. No one here has …
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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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October 21, 2014
Politics
In many countries governments are quite unpopular and thus for several reasons. According to a global public opinion survey, Greece has apparently the third most hated government in the world. Only 14% of the Greeks appear to approve Samaras-Venizelos coalition government. Top on the list with the lowest government approval …
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September 12, 2014
Politics
The latest public opinion survey has several surprises. First that the Greek Communist party KKE occupies the third position in respondents’ preference and that it pushes down right-extremist Golden Dawn, for the first time since 2 years. The second surprise is that former Samaras’ coalition partner Democratic Left is not …
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October 14, 2013
Very Mix
As if we had no other serious problems a public opinion survey has been conducted on whether Greeks believe in the conspiracy scenario of chemtrails. That some dark figures load airplanes with chemical or biological agents to make us “obedient” or whatever evil plans they have in their mind. In …
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July 10, 2013
Society
Why do you think, Greeks take their sun umbrellas, sun chairs, camping fridges full of sandwiches and cold drinks, pack children and grannies and rush to the nearest free beaches where they spend the whole Sunday? For a simple reason: because the majority of them cannot afford vacations this summer. …
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June 14, 2013
Politics
65% of Greeks disagree with prime minister Antonis Samaras’ decision to shutdown public broadcaster ERT -even though a new public broadcaster will replace ERT sometime in the future. According to public opinion survey conducted by VPRC for website tvxs.gr 65% diasgree 27% agrees 3% “I don’t know” 5% …
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June 9, 2013
Politics
Ruling conservative Nea Dimocratia, the party of prime minister Antonis Samaras, leads with a difference of 2.3% towards left-wing, main opposition party SYRIZA. Constant on the third position is extreme-right Golden Dawn that has raised its percentage. In the latest poll conducted by MRB for Sunday newspaper Real News, respondents …
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April 17, 2013
Politics
That’s an interesting public opinion survey result that will increase pressure for the Greek government to carry on with the WWII demands from Germany. Eight in ten Greeks believe, the government should pursue Germany over the reparations for damages during the 2. World War. Even if some compensation was given …
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March 15, 2013
Politics
What do austerity- and recession-hit Greeks want? Apparently left-wing SYRIZA in the government but with conservative Antonis Samaras as Prime Minister. This weird preference is the result of the latest public opinion survey that gives SYRIZA 29.5% in the respondents’ choice. According to Public Issue survey: SYRIZA 29.5% Nea Dimocratia …
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January 19, 2013
Politics
Government party conservative Nea Dimocratia and main opposition left-wing SYRIZA are virtually tied in two public opinion polls, with SYRIZA to have a slight lead in one of them. However the majority of the Greeks believe the country is “heading to wrong direction”, while “best Prime Minister” is considered to by …
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January 11, 2013
Politics
A 5 percent swing in public opinion has led to New Democracy overtaking SYRIZA as Greece’s leading party, while Greeks appear slightly less gloomy than before, according to a survey for Kathimerini and Skai. The Public Issue poll for January gave New Democracy 29 percent of the vote, a 3 …
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December 7, 2012
Politics
The majority of Greeks sees their future in bleak colours, are pessimistic about their future and the future of the country and not happy with their lives and believe the country is heading to the wrong direction. At the same time, they reject the coalition government policies and give left-wing …
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November 26, 2012
Politics
Main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA leads in the latest public opinion survey, conducted by Puls for newspaper “6 Meres” (6 Days). Samaras party Nea Dimocratia, and his coalition partners PASOK and Democratic Left are on a falling trend, with SYRIZA and Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) to profit from these loses. …
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November 2, 2012
Politics
Main opposition party, left-wing SYRIZA leads in the latest public opinion survey, followed by Samaras’ Nea Dimocratia and extreme-right Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi). At the same time, the majority of respondents chose “Nobody” as “the most suitable” for Prime Minister, something we did not see for quite some time. The …
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September 23, 2012
Economy, Society
The new austerity package of 11.5 billion euro is “unjust” and it won’t not effective. This is opinion of the majority of Greeks (90.6%) according to a public opinion survey conducted by MPB for the newspaper Real News. 90.6% of the respondents consider the additional austerity measures as unjust as …
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September 2, 2012
Politics
Almost three months after the the June elections and the establishment of the three-party coalition government, Greeks seem to be giving conservative Nea Dimocratia and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras a “period of mercy” to prove it can manage the situation and the economic crisis. However, public support for ND has …
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May 11, 2012
Politics
Impressive is the increased support for left-wing SYRIZA even after the May-6 general elections. According to MARC public opinion survey conducted for ALPHA TV between May 8-9, while party leader Alexis Tsipras was assigned with the mandate to form a government, the respondent replied to the question about their voting intentions: SURVEY May …
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April 10, 2012
Politics
Greeks are one breath away from …hearing the date of the snap polls. Speaker of Greek Parliament Philippos Petsalnikos said on Tuesday afternoon that the Parliament concluded its legislative work, allegedly due to Easter Holidays (Greek Orthodox Easter on 15. April 2012). However he also took the floor to speak about “the …
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