By Antonis Anzoletou

The parties went through a long pre-election period until they reached the double summer polls. The campaigns across Greece continued for the regions and municipalities of the whole country and now – without any break – they are forced to return to the ramparts in view of the European elections on June 9. A difficult winter is coming in fact to dominate in everyday life and the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine threaten with a new humanitarian crisis. It is no coincidence that in pulse poll, which was featured in yesterday’s newscast of SKAI, more than eight out of ten respondents are concerned about developments in the Gaza Strip and price increases (food, electricity, heating, fuel).

The government she cannot hope to maintain in her second consecutive term the high percentages she has if she does not intervene decisively in everyday life. The same applies to the opposition parties who will have to convince that they have a realistic plan for stopping the crisis. Especially at a time when in the space of the center-left it seems that there is a big gap with several saving for the creation of a new formation just before the Euro elections. The imminent split of SYRIZA, with the executives of the Left wing of the party having decided to go their own way, should not come out of the difficult “equation”.

This whole scene is reflected in the Pulse survey, according to which, on voting intention, with a distribution of undecideds, the New Democracy shows a slight drop in its strength compared to the national elections with a percentage of 38.5%. However, it is up 0.5% compared to a month ago. SYRIZA records a further decline which on September 25-27 was recorded at 19% and is now losing two points (17%). PASOK appears increased by 1.5 units (13.5%) and this for Harilaou Trikoupis is perhaps the first step for what Nikos Androulakis wants to achieve. In June, to overcome Stefanos Kasselakis, showing that he can dominate the centre-left. The KKE also rises by half a unit (9.5%), continuing, as estimated, to put a lot of pressure on SYRIZA from its left. In the case in relation to voting intention, presented by Pulse, it appears that the resulting parliament is nine-party, and MeRA25 reaches the 3% limit. This is yet another indication of the “attack” that Koumoundourou receives on the radical public that supports her. For the other parties, the scenario with the distribution of undecideds records the following: Spartans 3.5%, Greek Solution 5.5%, Victory 3.5%, Freedom Sailing 3.5%.

There is no doubt that pollsters have focused on the official opposition since the summer. The 32% of 2019 became 17.8% in July this year and from then on the course is downward. THE Stefanos Kasselakis he is allegedly judged for his commitment before the internal party polls that “he can beat Kyriakos Mitsotakis”. The electorate doesn’t seem to believe it. It may be that in the survey, of those who claim that they will vote for SYRIZA, only 19% state that they see “probably or definitely negatively” the initiatives of the new president of SYRIZA, however, among all respondents, this percentage jumps to 58%. Studying how potential voters of Stefanos Kasselakis’ party react, the number of undecideds with negative judgments reaches 47% and those who declare that they support PASOK reach 67%. What does this mean; With the image that SYRIZA has in this period, the influx of people, so that Koumoundourou can recover, seems very difficult.

To the question which party will be favored by the current developments in SYRIZA PASOK comes first with a percentage of 31% and New Democracy comes second with 23%. In other words, it is estimated that a moderate centrist public can be approached in the next period by the “blue” and “green” in order to further reduce the power of the current official opposition. There have already been leaks to the government from the “reservoir” of the center-left, while Nikos Androulakis clearly sees himself coming back in 2012 from the upside for his party. In Koumoundourou they estimate that there are many opportunities to turn the tide and that it is still extremely early to draw conclusions.