Greece's Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras has presented a new economic road-map to the Greek public. He claims that there will be no more cuts to salaries or pensions, and that taxes will gradually be lowered if his party is kept in power.

Mr Samaras warned that a government led by the anti-austerity party Syriza is "an accident that is never going to happen in Greece.”

The leader also said he will continue to introduce economic reforms which he says will boost the country’s competitiveness. Speaking to followers of his centre-right New Democracy party, he promised that by 2021 at least 770,000 jobs will be created, and that the country's GDP will be back at pre-crisis levels.

Greece's Syriza party has maintained its lead in opinion polls as Greece begins the final run-in to the country's snap general election - it will be held on January 25th.

Nine opinion polls published in the Greek press over the last few days all find that the party is likely to take power - these leads rate between 2.7 and 5.5 percent - with the average giving the party a 3.2 percent advantage over the governing party.

Throughout the short campaign New Democracy has framed the election as a referendum over whether Greece will remain part of the euro zone.

It argues that Syriza’s economic policies, particularly its demand for a debt write-off, will lead to a parting of ways between Greece and the rest of the euro zone countries. Syriza has accused the government of scaremongering.

The party's leader Alexis Tsipras called on voters to give the party a clear mandate. He told Real News, “We are asking the Greek people to give us a strong mandate so that the bailout agreement won’t become a permanent status quo - causing social catastrophe for the country."

There are 300 seats in the Greek parliament - the party with the most votes are automatically given 50 bonus seats to help the majority party to form a stable government. If Syriza are elected it is likely that it will lead a coalition government.