By Antonis Anzoletou

There are many foreheads which has been opened by government. From the political marriage of same-sex couples, the rural-student mobilizations and of course the precision in the market with the intense inflationary pressures. The one they are holding from the government camp, after yesterday’s as well poll of Pulse on behalf of SKAI, is that New Democracy withstands multiples pressures. In the vote estimation, it loses one unit compared to the last measurement (December 18-20) and is reflected in 36%. At the same time, SYRIZA and PASOK take a step back by half a unit and are at 13.5% and 14.5% respectively.

Once again, the paradox is recorded that the two main forces of the opposition cannot reap the upheavals recorded in the political scene and in the daily life of the citizens. Who appears to be reaping some profit; The Greek Solution which goes up to 7.5% from 6% in the previous measurement. It is clear that Kyriakos Velopoulos has found enough space to exercise opposition to the “right” of New Democracy. Kyriakos Mitsotakis with the bill on same-sex couples carries out a movement with a progressive and liberal sign at the time when the Greek Solution shows its reflexes by gathering the most conservative vote. All this time, after all, the blue faction has gone through “thousands of waves” of statements by MPs expressing their disagreement with the bill and announcing either a vote against it or an abstention.

The prime minister still has 13 days to close the “cracks” and limit the losses, as the marriage and procreation of same-sex couples will be voted on, as it became known yesterday, on February 15. In the majority, however, they believe that time will “calm the passions” and by the time of the European elections New Democracy will manage to gain the lost ground. Everything shows that the main goal is not to rupture the “umbilical cord” with the center area which gives victory to the party from 2019.

The biggest problem faces it, according to data from the Pulse poll, o SYRIZA, as the drop, although small, is continuous. And PASOK, however, is unable to emerge as the strong pole that will pursue power after the European elections. In order to do something like this, Nikos Androulakis needs a “safety” difference from Stefanos Kasselakis, more than three points, but also a very good percentage.

The rest of the parties present a stagnation in the voting scenario with a distribution of undecideds: KKE 10%, Spartans 3%, NIKI 3.5%, Pleussi Eleftherias 3%, New Left 2.5%, MeRA25 2.5%.

From the Pulse research it emerges in the most emphatic way that the economy will be the field on which everything will be “played” until June. When asked what “accuracy, price increases and general finances” means, 93% answered that it is the most important problem (40%) or one of the most important problems (53%). In this period at the top of the agenda are the mobilizations of the farmers. And it is no coincidence that all the leaders of the opposition will be at Agrotica in order to analyze their own proposals to reduce the production costs that plague farmers and breeders, while the Prime Minister met with them in Vonica.

Undoubtedly, a part of concerned citizens remains in the “grey zone” and is waiting to be positioned. According to the intention to vote abstain/void and undecided are 15% of those who took part in the Pulse survey. The fear of every government in polls like the European elections is that public opinion will try to give a message of protest, once the power is not judged. And this is clearly what the opposition forces as a whole will try to exploit.