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More than half of Greeks would rather back an austerity-for-aid deal with the EU and IMF than risk bankruptcy by going it alone, and are willing to make more sacrifices to solve the crisis, a survey indicated on Saturday.The ALCO poll for the Sunday newspaper Proto Thema asked 1,000 Greeks: "Are you in favour of the EU/IMF programme that aims to save the country, or of rejecting it and going it alone, with the risk of bankruptcy?"ALCO said 54.2 percent backed the deal, which foresees tough cuts in wages and pensions in return for a 110 billion euros ($148 billion) in emergency loans.Just over a third, or 33.2 percent, said they would rather Greece tried to emerge from the crisis on its own, even if it meant a risk of default.The survey was conducted between May 5-7, just after roughly 50,000 took to the streets of Athens to protest against the austerity measures.Hundreds of the protesters clashed with police and a petrol bomb attack on a bank killed three people, in the worst violence to hit the country since riots in 2008.ALCO also asked: "Do you believe the economic crisis should be tackled with more sacrifices or more strikes and protests?"In response, 51.4 percent backed sacrifices while 28 percent preferred protests.In an ALCO poll published last week, before Prime Minister George Papandreou's government agreed the deal with the EU and IMF, 51.3 percent had said they would take to streets if more austerity measures were announced, while 33.1 percent were ready to accept more economic pain.(Reporting by Renee Maltezou; Writing by Noah Barkin; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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