A poll carried out by the ALCO company and published in the newspaper Proto Thema shows the New Democracy party slightly ahead of the main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA).

Government vice president and foreign minister Evangelos Venizelos called upon to comment on the recent NGO scandal, commented that it would be sad if foreign ministry staff were implicated.

The proposal being floated by the “movement of 58” for a dissolution of PASOK and DIMAR and the establishment of a new center-left political institution with common candidates for the upcoming European elections has again hit stormy weather.