Greece’s Ruling Pasok Party Loses Its Poll Lead Over Opposition

Bloomberg
May 23, 2011

Greece’s ruling Pasok socialist party has lost its lead over the main opposition party, amid expectations that Greece’s situation will worsen, an opinion poll by MRB Hellas for Real News indicated.

Both Pasok, led by Prime Minister George Papandreou, and the opposition New Democracy party were favored by 21.5 percent of those questioned. In April, Pasok had a 1.8 percentage-point advantage. Its lead has been declining since February 2010, when it stood at 11.4 percentage points.

Almost 90 percent of people polled said Greece’s situation will worsen and 80 percent said the rescue plan agreed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund is having a negative effect. Eighty-three percent said the government’s effectiveness is “probably” or “definitely” declining.

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