MacroPolis

Bookies see comfortable win for SYRIZA, close contest for third place

14/01/2015 - 11:48

Eleven days before the January 25 elections in Greece, bookies appear to have made up their minds on the election winner, next prime minister and whether the Independent Greeks will enter Parliament. Which party will come third is a closer run thing.

Tsipras still hopes he can avoid being part of coalition government

13/01/2015 - 15:29

Despite opinion polls indicating that the elections are unlikely to produce an outright majority for SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras continues to refuse to countenance the idea of having to form a coalition government after the January 25 vote.

SYRIZA's poll lead consistent but parliamentary majority elusive

12/01/2015 - 09:27

Five opinion polls published on Sunday reaffirmed SYRIZA’s steady lead over New Democracy but highlighted that the leftists are unlikely to gain a parliamentary majority in the January 25 elections.

SYRIZA looking for six-month breather from troika

09/01/2015 - 15:36

Barring a few uncompromising voices within the party, SYRIZA has largely toned down its message over the last few days in terms of how it plans to handle Greece’s relationship with its lenders should it come to power after the January 25 elections.

Heading for slim election win, SYRIZA tries to secure MPs' loyalty

08/01/2015 - 12:42

Three opinion polls (RC Pulse, GPO and Alco) published on Wednesday gave SYRIZA a diminishing but still decisive lead over New Democracy, although none suggested that the leftists would win an outright majority in the January 25 elections.

To Potami aims for rapid rise to third spot in Greek elections

07/01/2015 - 13:10

To Potami is stepping up its efforts to clinch third place in the January 25 elections, which could cast the nascent centrist party into a pivotal role in Greek politics.

New Democracy broadens attack on SYRIZA to include migration, national issues

06/01/2015 - 11:38

After spending the first few days of this briefest of elections campaigns focussing on SYRIZA’s possible threat to Greece’s position in the euro, New Democracy now appears to be broadening the agenda of issues it is using to try to eat away at the leftists party’s lead.

Betting firms give their take on the outcome of Greek elections

05/01/2015 - 10:39

Ahead of the January 25 snap elections, betting companies operating in Greece have started offering odds on several events related to the upcoming polls.

Tsipras delivers SYRIZA's first, tempered message of Greek election campaign

04/01/2015 - 11:53

Alexis Tsipras delivered his first major election campaign speech on Saturday at a SYRIZA party congress in Athens.

Venizelos ready to work with SYRIZA but leftists and Papandreou to have last say

03/01/2015 - 13:20

PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos gave on Saturday his clearest indication yet that he is prepared to work with SYRIZA to form a government after the January 25 elections.