The sharp rise in prices is the biggest concern for the Greek people, according to a poll conducted by Marc for Proto Thema.
Greek public opinion attributes the high costs to the war and the international energy crisis caused by it while the respondents said sanctions imposed against Russia were justified despite the negative impact on their wallets.
The findings reaffirm the tendency for citizens in times of a great crisis to rally around leaderships that guarantee stability. The ruling party of New Democracy (ND) (32.5%) increases its voter support by one percentage point and slightly widens its lead over the opposition party of SYRIZA (21.2%) reaching 11.3 units.
The popularity of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose positive opinions far exceed the intention to vote in N.D. reaches 45.5%. The popularity of the leader of the Movement for Change Nikos Androulakis (43.7%) is also increased, who is ahead of Alexis Tsipras (29.2%) who is in third place. Next are Dimitris Koutsoumbas (24.5%), Giannis Varoufakis (19.8%) and Kyriakos Velopoulos (16.4%).
According to the poll, the majority, 54.7%, want the elections to take place next year when the four-year term of the government expires, compared to 27.5% who are in favour of direct recourse to the polls (a request that are mainly shared by the SYRIZA voters) and the 15.2% who prefer the ballots to be held this autumn.
In the same vein, it is not surprising that citizens show a preference for absolute majority governments. One in four who participated in the poll, ie 25.1% of the respondents, were for an absolute majority government of N.D., while in 12% for a coalition with SYRIZA. Those who want a SYRIZA-KIN.AL. co-government reach 14.6%, the voters of N.D. (13.4%) want a coalition with ΚΙΝ.ΑΛ, and 10% of those who want a coalition government with the three largest parties. Given the concerns of citizens about high costs, it is not surprising that in the evaluation of the government the citizens have an overall negative opinion.
According to the respondents, more than eight out of ten are worried about the high prices and inflation (82.3%), while the concern about the war is at similar levels (80.6%). On the contrary, concerns about the pandemic (32.2%), which dominated the previous two years, and developments in Greek-Turkish (21.7%), which are a source of concern over time, seem to be receding.
Despite the obvious problems posed around the world by the war in Ukraine , Greek public opinion seems to show solidarity with the suffering Ukrainian people, believing that international law is on its side, while strongly supporting the sanctions against Russia.
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