Greece Ready to Lurch Backwards

What party would you support in Greece’s next general election?
(Decided Voters)

Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	42.3%
New Democracy (ND)	34.8%
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	8.2%
People’s Orthodox Alarm (LAOS)	6.2%
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYR)	4.1%
Ecologist Greens (OP)	2.3%
Other parties	2.1%

Source: MARC / Alpha TV
Methodology: Interviews with 1,001 Greek adults, conducted from Sept. 14 to Sept. 17, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

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Greece: Muslim Thugs Attack Athens Over Alleged Koran Defilement

Dozens of cars have been smashed, 14 people injured and 46 arrested in riots by Muslim migrants over the alleged defacing of a Koran by a policeman.

Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of protesters outside Parliament in the city centre.

Police said they would investigate the allegation that an officer tore up an Iraqi migrant's Koran while checking his identity papers in Athens last week. "But this isolated incident cannot justify these acts of violence," said Interior Minister Christos Markoyiannakis.

Source: The Age (Australia)

Lesbos Loses Lesbian Legal Case

Three residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have lost an attempt to ban the use of the word "lesbian" to describe gay women.

The residents argued that using the term in reference to gay women insulted their identity.

But an Athens court ruled there was no justification for their contention that they felt slighted, saying the word did not define the islanders' identity.
—BBC

Greece: New Democracy Party Leads Socialists

What party would you support in Greece’s next general election?

	Mar. 2008	Feb. 2008
New Democracy (ND)	37.5%	38.5%
Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	31%	35%
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYR)	17%	11.5%
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	7.5%	7.5%
People’s Orthodox Alarm (LAOS)	4%	4.5%

Source: Public Issue / Kathimerini
Methodology: Interviews with 1,019 Greek adults, conducted from Mar. 3 to Mar. 6, 2008. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.

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Greece: Poll Shows Close Election

What party would you support in the next parliamentary election?

	Jun. 2007	May 2007
New Democracy (ND)	36.8%	33.4%
Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	35.8%	32.0%
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	6.4%	6.8%
People’s Orthodox Alarm (LAOS)	3.8%	4.4%
Coalition of the Left and Progress (SIN)	3.8%	3.6%

Source: Metron Analysis
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Greek voters, conducted on Jun. 13 and Jun. 14, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

Cyprus: Turks Against Federation With Greeks

Do you support a two-state formula for Cyprus, or would you prefer a federated solution?

Two-state formula	65%
Federated solution	20%
Not sure	15%

Source: KADEM
Methodology: Interviews to 1,400 adults in Northern Cyprus, conducted in January 2007. No margin of error was provided.