Greece's coalition government, led by the Prime Minister

Greece's coalition government, led by the Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, agreed a further round of cuts earlier this month worth €13.5bn, fulfilling its own conditions of the bailout terms. The Greek economy has contracted by a fifth over the past five years and the unemployment rate has soared above 20 per cent as a result of the deep austerity measures already enacted. A poll yesterday suggested that the anti-bailout Syriza party, which trailed Mr Samaras's New Democracy party in June's elections, would win if a national vote was held today. According to a poll in an Athens-based newspaper, Syriza has the support of 26.9 Louis Vuitton UK per cent of the electorate, against New Democracy's 21.5 per cent share. In June, New Democracy commanded 29.6 per cent of the vote and Syriza 26.9 per cent. Support for the far-right Golden Dawn party has also surged, rising to 13.5 per cent, from 7 per cent in June. Greece's public debt-to-GDP ratio is set to rise to 190 per cent of GDP next year and the economy is expected to contract by 4.5 per cent. The IMF's statutes stipulate that it can only lend to countries providing that their public finances are on a stable trajectory.