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Conservative Opposition In Lead, New Party Gains – Poll

Greece’s opposition New Democracy Party continued to hold a double-digit lead over the Socialist party, a new opinion poll showed Thursday, while also confirming growing strength in a new left-wing party.
According to a poll conducted for the privately owned Star television channel, the conservative New Democracy Party would garner 21.7% of the vote if elections were held now, against just 11.1% for the Socialist, or Pasok, party.
The same poll showed that the newly established Democratic Left party, led by independent Greek politician Fotis Kouvellis, would receive 8% of the vote, which is well above the 3% threshold needed to enter Parliament.
The results confirm an earlier poll Thursday that showed support for Pasok, which controls a narrow majority in Parliament, has plummeted in the last month.
That poll, conducted for weekly magazine Epikaira, showed that 12% of respondents would vote for Pasok, down from 18% in December.
Elected in a landslide victory in October 2009, the Socialists have seen their popularity plummet to historic lows after two years of harsh austerity measures that Greece has promised in exchange for a EUR110 billion bailout in May 2010.
In November, Pasok formed an interim coalition government with New Democracy and small, nationalist party Laos. It has the task of securing a new bailout for the country before leading it to elections.
(source: Dow Jones)

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