Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-02-24

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] ND posts 2.7 point lead in opinion poll

[02] Panathinaikos tops standings

[01] ND posts 2.7 point lead in opinion poll

The poll was conducted by telephone between February 14 and 20 among a sampling of 1,019 people, on behalf of the newspaper.

According to the results, with respect to voter intent (which party the respondent would vote for if elections were to be held tomorrow), ND amassed 31.0 percent of the respondents' preference, against 28.3 percent for PASOK, followed by the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) with 16.2 percent, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) with 7.1 percent, and the Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) party with 3.8 percent, while 2.4 percent of the respondents opted for other parties. Blank or invalid votes were nearly 3.7 percent, while 7.5 percent of the respondents were undecided.

With respect to popularity, newly-elected Coalition of the Left, Movements and Ecology (SYN, which leads the SYRIZA parliamentary alliance) was leading with 65.1 percent, followed by SYRIZA leader and former SYN leader Alekos Alavanos with 54.8 percent, prime minister and ND leader Costas Karamanlis with 53.6 percent, PASOK leader George Papandreou with 42.6 percent, LAOS leader George Karatzaferis with 39.2 percent, and KKE leader Aleka Papariga with 38.1 percent.

To a question on how satisifed they were with the ND government, 55.3 percent of the respondents said "not at all", 21.3 percent said "a little", 15.1 percent said "rather satisfied", and 8.0 percent said "very satisfied".

To another question on how things would have been in PASOK was in government, 45.5 percent of the respondents said "more or less the same", 30.2 percent said "worse", and 22.6 percent said "better".

[02] Panathinaikos tops standings

In other results of matches played over the weekend:

Panionios Athens - Ergotelis Crete 2-1

Xanthi - Larissa 1-1

Asteras Tripoli - Apollon Kalamaria 1-1

Veria - Aris Thessaloniki 1-0

OFI Crete - Atromitos Athens 0-1

Standings after 22 weeks of play:

Panathinaikos 49 points (21 games)

Olympiakos 48 (21 games)

AEK 45 (21 games)

Aris 35

Asteras 33

Xanthi 32 (21 games)

Panionios 31

PAOK 30

Larissa 29

Atromitos 25 (21 games)

Iraklis 23

OFI 23

Levadiakos 21

Veria 20

Kalamaria 17 (21 games)

Ergotelis 14

Caption: Action during the soccer match between Panathinaikos Athens and Levadiakos Livadia at the "Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium" in Athens on February 24, 2008. ANA-MPA/Spyros Pantazatos.

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