Cyprus Greens going…up!

According to the most recent gallop done by GPO AE company, published in “Haravgi” newspaper on June 12th, 2008, Cyprus Green Party enjoys the preference of a 3,4% of the Cypriot voters. This is a considerably very high percentage, having in mind the actual size of the party which was officially measured in the elections of May 2006 at 2% and of course the “dry” period without campaigning, candidates, etc.

For the Cyprus Green Party, this 3,4% is an important step towards its future plans, with the European elections coming next year and of course the main target of the party to gain a second seat in the Cyprus Parliament during the next national elections in 2011.

On the same gallop, Secretary General of the Cyprus Green Party, George Perdikis is, once again among the most popular political party leaders of the island. Perdikis has been given positive popularity votes by the 57,5% of the voters.

Environmental problems concern Cypriots
A few years ago, environmental matters were not among the items that Cypriot voters considered being important for their living. This seems to change after all the environmental and ecological problems people are facing every day. During this gallop, environmental problem was rated number 4 among 14 different problems stated by the voters. The main problems appeared in the list are:

Increased prices (34,3%)
Water deficiency (27,1%)
Drugs (6,8%)
Environment (5,1%)
Education (4,2%)
Unemployment (3,7%)
Finance – Social Security (3,2%) , etc.

The gallop was done during the period of 5 to 9 June on a national basis, covering cities and country side. Sample consisted by 1600 voters on a telephone interview basis.