Greece: Syriza's party maintains solid lead

FXStreet (Bali) - There has been new polls published over the weekend in Greece, ahead of the Jan 25th general election, all suggesting that Greek anti-austerity party Syriza maintains a decent lead in the polls.

In the first poll by Alco, Syriza leads with 33.1 percent, ahead of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ New Democracy party, with 29.7 percent. Another poll conducted by Kapa Research for To Vima newspaper shows a 2.6 percentage points lead for Syriza ahead of New Democracy party. Lastly a poll conducted by MRB for the Agora newspaper gives Syriza’s party a 3 percentage points lead. There were other independent surveys being published, "showing an average lead of about 3.2 percentage points—slightly above the margin of error", notes the Wall Street Jornal.