According to a poll conducted by ALCO on behalf of newspaper ‘Proto Thema’, opposition party New Democracy leads by 3.8% over ruling left SYRIZA party.

New Democracy comes first with 21.1%, while SYRIZA follows with 17.3%.

The SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government recorded historical lows in acceptance rate by the respondents in the poll, as only 22% think the current government should continue to run the country compared to 21% who say it prefers elections. 72% of those polled estimate the situation in Greece will deteriorate in the next 6 months.

Asked on whether they are satisfied with government’s performance, 84% of the respondents answered negatively, while only 9% answered positively.

Moreover, 81% of the participants believe that the government has lost the ‘moral advantage’, while 9% believe that the government has managed to preserve it.

85% of respondents are opposed to pension cuts, while regarding the migration issue, 67% disapprove government’s handling, while only one out of four responded that government’s handling was right.

Apart from the two leading parties, far right Golden Dawn party came in third with 6.1% saying they would vote for it, followed by the communists (KKE) with 5%, Democratic Alignment of PASOK-DIMAR with 3.6%, Union of Centrists with 2.6% and Popular Unity and ANEL with 2.2%. Last came centrist party To Potami (River) with 1.8%.