64% see Tsipras government in a positive light so far, per Marc poll
A majority of Greek people (64 pct) think positively of the new government's course so far, according to an opinion poll by private company Marc for "Efimerida ton Syntakton" newspaper published Saturday (07/03/2015), while 31.4 pct see it negatively/probably negatively.
Asked, in addition, "Are you happy by the progress of negotiations so far with our European [credit] partners?," 59.6 pct said yes/probably yes, while 37.6 pct responded no/probably no. Another 2.8 pct declined to answer.
In terms of current employment distribution among those polled, the highest approval rate (83.4 pct) was registered by those who are now unemployed, followed by the self-employed/business owners (58.8 pct), civil servants (58.5 pct) and private sector employees (58.3 pct).
Most of those polled (75.4 pct) agree with the assessment that the four-month extension granted Greece by its creditors to present its economic plan alternative does not signal the end of loan memorandums, while 14.1 pct believe it does. One in ten declined to answer (10.5 pct).
In addition, more than half of those polled (54.4 pct) believe that if New Democracy had won the elections, things would be worse. Another 19.4 pct said they would be better, 22.9 pct there would be no great difference and 3.3 pct declined to answer.
In terms of satisfaction with the choice of Prokopis Pavlopoulos as Greek president, 54.7 pct are happy with it, 36.3 pct are unhappy and another 9 pct declined to answer.
n addition, the majority sees as positive the stance so far of Zoi Constantopoulou as Parliament president (61.6 pct, or 6 in 10 polled), while 36.3 pct saw her in a negative light and another 8 pct declined to answer.
The poll was conducted on March 3 to 5 on national level.
