Just a week’s time before local authority elections and two weeks before elections for the European Parliament, party leaders’ campaigning is reaching its peak and heats up while at the same time new opinion polls are published putting the ruling coalition of New Democracy and the left-wing opposition SYRIZA head to head.

According to a survey by “Efimerida ton Syntakton” daily, a battle between ND and SYRIZA is ongoing with leftists leading ND by 18.5 percent to 18 percent. Another poll published in the weekly “Paraskinio”, put ND at 22.5 percent, just ahead of SYRIZA with 21.1 percent. The same poll showed “Elia” edging up to 7 percent, just behind newcomer “To Potami” with 7.7 percent and neofascist Golden Dawn at 6.4 percent. The Efimerida ton Syntakton poll put To Potami at 5.5 percent with Elia on 4.5 percent and GD with 3.5 percent. The portion of undecided voters was 16 percent.