New Democracy Holds 16-Point Poll Lead as New Party Entrants Fail to Cut Through

Greece's ruling New Democracy party maintained a commanding 16.5 percentage point lead over its nearest rival in a new Pulse survey for SKAI television, with voting intentions largely unchanged as three potential new political parties generated only modest public enthusiasm. In voting intention, New Democracy held steady at 25.5%, exactly matching last month's figure, while PASOK gained one point to reach 12%. Greek Solution followed at 7.5%, Plefsi Eleftherias at 7%, the Communist Party KKE ...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA