Parties weigh strengths and weaknesses

Just a day before the campaign period for the European elections ends, rival political parties have set their respective thresholds for relative success.

Ruling New Democracy (ND) has set the 33% threshold that it got in the 2019 European elections, main opposition leftist SYRIZA is aiming for the 17% it received in last year's national polls and Socialist PASOK wants to clinch second place or, alternatively, to record the biggest rise of any party. 

Based on surveys and the assessments of party staff, it seems that the best region for ND is Attica, where it gets above its nationwide percentage (nationwide average trend) of 32%, according to the latest Pulse poll, while the most difficult region seems to be Crete.

In northern Greece, ND's rates are lower than the nationwide average trend, according to the polls, which, however, have recently shown tendencies...