Poll surge for Alexis Tsipras’ Syriza as Greeks learn to smile again
by Helena Smith in Athens from on (#4125)
Approval ratings for radical left party soar despite U-turns forced in debt talks and collapse of tax collection, but the people still expect the government to deliver
Alexis Tsipras' left-led government may be the bane of Europe's political establishment, but in Greece support is soaring as Athens' new political class negotiates the country's economic plight.
One month and three days after the tough-talking firebrand assumed power, Greeks of all political persuasions appear to like what they see. A Metron Analysis poll published on Saturday showed popularity ratings for the prime minister's radical left Syriza party at an all-time high: from the almost 36% it won in snap polls on 25 January, support for Syriza has jumped to 47.6%, a record for a movement that only three years ago was on margins of Greek politics.
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