Majority of Greeks against EU exit

   Ruling PASOK party's lead over main opposition New Democracy (ND) stands at 2 percentage points, according to opinion poll results published by an Athens newspaper on Friday.
   Specifically, PASOK was preferred by 22.2 percent of respondents to 20.2 percent for ND; the Communist Party (KKE) garnered 8 percent; the right-of-centre Popular Orthodox Rally
party (LA.OS) 4 percent and leftist SYRIZA 3.3 percent. ana-mpa
   More importantly, 58.2 percent of respondents agreed with the statement that Greece has avoided bankruptcy, with 33.5 percent opting for the opposite opinion. Finally, 60.3 percent of respondents are against Greece's exit from the EU and 61 percent are against a possible return to the drachma.
   The poll was conducted by Kapa Research firm and published in the weekly "Vima".




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