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Reuters reports that Antonis Samaras is under growing pressure as polls show the Syriza party steadily gaining ground against the ruling parties ahead of local and EU elections in May.

Following a poll conducted by Public Issue for “Efimerida ton Syntakton” newspaper on Wednesday, that indicated that support for SYRIZA runs to 31.5 percent, compared to 28 percent for New Democracy, a second survey by Pulse for To Pontiki weekly also places SYRIZA party in first place.

A statement that party chief Alexis Tsipras is an atheist has led to a war of words from political opponents and a flurry of comments on social media.