By Antonis Anzoletou

In May 2019, New Democracy with a percentage of 33.12% elected eight MEPs out of a total of 21. The last party to get the ticket for Brussels was the Hellenic Solution with 4.18%. With 2.99% and approximately 170,000 votes, MeRA25 was left out, having finished seventh. Five years ago, the percentage of other parties reached 21%. Exactly how the ball will “sit” in this year’s polls after the second and third allocations is impossible to determine for this, and the smaller parties cannot be content with just passing the “mandatory threshold” of 3%. The electoral measure is at 4.71% (100/21). With these data, the forces are in the final stretch before the polls on June 9, with the targets already in place.

The undecided approach it can only be the first objective, as the final result and impressions will be judged in the details and at rates of 2%-3%. It will be different for New Democracy if it manages to marginally pass the psychological barrier of 30%, and Kyriakos Mitsotakis will give a different picture of his party in the event that it “climbs” above the percentage of the previous Euro poll. The same example can be given for SYRIZA. A 15% rate will have nothing to do with an 18%, with Stefanos Kasselakis aiming to overcome the popular verdict of the summer which was a resounding “slap” for his party. From Thrace, he also spoke about a percentage with “2” in front, raising his hand. What is the most important element? How more than half of those who are in the zone of undecideds (estimated in polls to be around 10% of the electorate) are identified in the space of the center and center-left.

For SYRIZA, taking second place is an end in itself, while for PASOK, the “bronze medal”, according to statements by the movement’s executives, will cause a great debate within the movement about the fact that despite the collapse of the current official opposition, the next step. In yesterday’s MRB poll, on behalf of OPEN, in the vote estimate the two forces were close at 16% and 14% respectively. In Harilaou Trikoupi, it is not enough just to double its percentage compared to 2019.

On the extreme right of the electoral map, the 2% who allegedly remained loyal to the Spartans are looking for political shelter, as they will not participate in the European elections. The Hellenic Solution is “flirting” with the double-digit percentage and if this happens, it may manage to climb a “step” in the general ranking. The KKE appears strengthened, which does not want to allow such a thing and wishes to show an increase compared to last summer. Zoe Konstantopoulou is showing momentum with Freedom Sailing and the possible increase in her percentage by 0.5% – 1% is attracting the interest of pollsters. Yesterday, MRB posted it at 3.4%, slightly down. Not to be limited to the 3% zone, but to achieve something better that will be a mortgage for the future they want in the New Left who have launched an introversion campaign led by Alexis Haritsis with all the top executives who formed the parliamentary group on his side of “11”. In the MRB vote estimation they were recorded higher than ever at 3.8%. It is a fact that these small differences in the results are “offered” for there to be several interpretations by the parties, as each has, in addition to different goals, another measure of comparison.