European Parliament election polls of February 2014-how are we and the left doing?

I have been able to obtain useful polling information about many European countries specifically for European Parliament elections coming up in just three months' time. Here is how we (and the left, by which I mean members of the European Left group) are performing at the moment by nation (note that some of this polling information may be from January 2014 and not February 2014):

Austria: Greens 14%; KPO (Communist): 1-2%?
Belgium: Green/Ecolo: 8.4%/11.4%; Workers' Party of Belgium: 2.7%/6.7%.
France: Europe Ecologie-Les Verts: 9% (I hope they now regret working with Francois Hollande's 'Socialist Party'!), Front de Gauche: 9%.
Germany: Greens 10%, Die Linke 10%.
Greece: Ecologist Greens: 2-3%?, SYRIZA 25.4% (which on current ratings will give them seven more Greek European Parliament seats than in 2009 :) )
Italy: Left Ecology Freedom: 2.4%; Tspiras List: ??
Netherlands: GroenLinks (not that left-wing at all despite its name!): 3.7%, Socialist Party (actually socialist!): 13.2%.
Portugal: Communist-Green (Democratic Unity Coalition): 9.2%, Left Bloc 6.9%.
Spain  Europe for the Peoples-Greens 3.2%, United Left (includes Initiative for Catalonia Greens): 12.6%.
United Kingdom Greens: 8% (no reliable data for significant left-wing groups)

As with last month's related post, I have unfortunately not been able to gather reliable polling data for all European nations that elect members to the European Parliament. I believe on average we and the left are performing well in Europe overall, for the most part. I will update this post if I have any further important information.

 Regards, Alan.

 

 
 

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