Movement for Change

Self-styled anarchists lobbed homemade firebombs at a riot police unit stationed outside the offices of the center-left Movement for Change (KINAL) in the downtown Athens neighborhood of Exarchia in the early hours of Friday morning.
The attack, which took place at 4.15 a.m., did not result in any injuries.
Police are still searching for the perpetrators.

By George Gilson

Centre-left Movement for Change leader Fofi Gennimata has unleashed a frontal attack against main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis over his warning that if New Democracy does not receive a strong mandate in the 7 July general election then the country will be led to a second parliamentary election in August, in the middle of most Greeks' summer vacation.

Opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday underlined the need for a strong mandate from the Greek people if he is to enforce his program "without caveats and differentiations."

Just over a week before snap general elections, center-right opposition New Democracy is nine percentage points ahead of leftist SYRIZA, according to the results of a new opinion poll carried out by Pulse for Skai.  

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday accused his main rival, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, of threatening voters with a mid-August second round if a majority government does not emerge from snap polls on July 7.

New Democracy leads SYRIZA by between 7.8 and 8.2 percentage points - about one percentage point less than in the 26 May European Parliament election - in a new poll conducted by the Pulse polling company and presented tonight on SKAI television's evening newscast.

New Democracy was given an 8-point lead over ruling SYRIZA in a new public opinion poll conducted by Pulse for Skai TV and published on Thursday, with 35 percent of respondents saying they intend to vote for the center-right opposition against 27 percent supporting the incumbent leftists.

Ahead of Greece's general election on July 7, main opposition New Democracy maintains an 11 percent lead over ruling SYRIZA, according to a survey by Opinion Poll published on Thursday.

Greek party leaders will have an opportunity to cross swords in a televised debate which will be held on July 1, six days before the country's general elections, Kathimerini understands.

Center-right New Democracy held on to a 9.8 percent point lead over incumbent SYRIZA in a public opinion poll ahead of the general election on July 7.
ND got 34.4 percent of the vote, ahead of SYRIZA's 24.6 percent, according to the Marc poll conducted for Proto Thema newspaper over the weekend.