Just over two in every five voters (44%) believe that the new measures announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair were a step in the right direction, while 45% felt the other way, an opinion poll has found.

The Pulse RC/SKAI poll also found that 84% of those who felt Mitsotakis’ measures were positive believed the prime minister could have offered more.

Older poll respondents tended to be more favorable towards the measures.

When asked to evaluate the performance of key politicians at the fair, 32% of respondents viewed Mitsotakis appearance in a positive light, followed by 23% for main opposition and PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis and 19% for former prime minister and ex-SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras.

However, when asked about who could most accurately represent the center-left in Greece, respondents put Alexis Tsipras first (16%), Androulakis second (14%) and Course of Freedom leader Zoe Konstantopoulou third (10%).

However, almost three in ten respondents (29%) felt none of them were capable of the job.

Almost 40% of respondents were indifferent or neutral to the prospect of Tsipras forming a new party. Some 31% were unfavorable to the idea, and only 8% positively disposed to it.

In terms of general voting intention, the poll found New Democracy to be on 24%, PASOK on 11.5%, followed by Course of Freedom (8.5%, the Communist Party (7%) and SYRIZA (6%). Yanis Varfoufakis’ MeRA25 (3.5%), right-wing Voice of Reason (3.5%) and fundamentalist Niki (3%) also polled above the 3% parliamentary threshold.

Some 17% of respondents were undecided.

The poll was conducted via telephone and the internet on a sample of 1,129 people from September 14-16.