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Greeks Want ERT Back, Not Elections

ert-louketoGreek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s snap decision to shut down public broadcaster ERT by decree to get around the Parliament has backfired in the opinion of Greeks who oppose it by a 2-to-1 margin, polls have found.
A Kapa Research survey for Sunday’s To Vima newspaper showed that that 64.4 percent of Greeks regard the decision to shut down the public broadcaster as either negative or “probably negative.” In contrast, 32.1 percent of respondents said they view the government’s move as positive or “probably positive.”
A poll by VPRC for the tvxs.gr website indicates that as many as 65 percent of Greeks oppose the closure of ERT, while 27 percent are in favor of its TV and radio service being taken off air. Five percent said they were neither in favor nor against.
The Kapa Research poll also shows that 57.1 percent of Greeks do not want early elections to be held, while 40.1 percent would like the country to go to the polls soon. The survey also puts New Democracy narrowly ahead of SYRIZA, with a 21.4 to 21.1 percent rating.
The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party remains in third with 9.5 percent, the fast-fading once-dominant PASOK Socialists in fourth with 6.3 percent, the Communist Party at 5.1 percent, Independent Greeks with 4.4 percent and Democratic Left (DIMAR) with 3.9 percent. PASOK and DIMAR are partners in the coalition government headed by Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader.
The VPRC poll gave SYRIZA a substantial lead over New Democracy, with 29 against 26.5 percent. A Public Issue poll for SKAI and Kathimerini earlier in the week gave the conservatives a 2 percent lead over SYRIZA with 29.5 against 27.5 percent.

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