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Results of a study conducted by the advertising, marketing and communications agency "Marc" AD show the desire of Greeks for a complete change in the political arena.

Citizens who feel daily the painful consequences of the crisis, blame it on the party system and want the creation of new political formations.

75 percent of respondents are "for" the creation of new type of formations, i.e. three out of four citizens. They want change, in order for their fears of social and economic collapse not to come true.

This tendency is equally strong in both major parties, but drags in also the smaller parties, which anyway seem powerful in the current conditions.

Lucas Papademos is considered to be the most suitable Prime Minister. One in two respondents stated that they will vote for him if he decides to participate in elections as leader of the formation.

The percentages which Papademos received in connection with voting attitudes are much more than those for PASOK and New Democracy.

In search of cooperation

The majority of respondents expressed that they are expecting this government to succeed in its mission. Particularly interesting is the answer to the question regarding the mandate of the Office of Papademos. The majority of voters (40.3 percent) believe that parliamentary elections must be held after the expiry of the four-year term of the government.

According to public opinion the philosophy of strong single-party government, which was built on the electoral system after the fall of the junta in 1974, is now too old to happen.

A high percentage of 62 are those who support a government cooperation. This percentage is higher among the electorate of PASOK (69.9 percent), but also in New Democracy, and nearly half of voters (47.5 percent) approve of the idea. Meanwhile, 32 percent still want self-government. Interesting however are data relating to those who are hesitant or express reservations - 51.0 percent of respondents fall into the category "I cannot answer".

It seems that an attitude is created to overcome party bigotry, dominant in the development of the modern Greek state since its creation.

Widespread is the fear that gripped the public opinion of the snowballing national and international processes.

64.4 percent of respondents, regardless of political persuasion, believe that the situation in the European Union makes the possibility of bankruptcy of the country real.

A significant part of their hopes for exiting the crisis and taking the path towards development is given by Greeks to this government and its prime minister.

Three out of four Greeks expect the creation of new parties in order to change the political scene. 75 percent of respondents state that they believe that any new party formations can play a role in the rehabilitation.

Only 14.7 percent believe it is possible that the existing parties can improve. The request for change "sweeps" across the political spectrum from PASOK (76.0 percent) and New Democracy (70.6 percent) to the smaller parties, where the dominant formations are from the Left.

Prime Minister Lucas Papademos enjoys high public support, while the existing parties and their leaders experience a period of deep crisis.

He was considered more appropriate for Prime Minister than:

• Antonis Samaras, leader of New Democracy - 54.3 percent against 21.7 percent.
• George Papandreou, PASOK leader and former Prime Minister - 71.8 percent against 3.8 percent.

Comparing Samaras and Papandreou the scales are tipped in favour of the first with 38.3 percent against 10.7 percent for the second.