Amid the chaos Greece faces a Herculean task Antonis Samaras, the Greek conservative leader widely tipped to be the next prime minister, even bragged that bail-out conditions could be renegotiated after the polls. This week he bowed and wrote to the ECB's Mario Draghi pledging the commitment of his party, New Democracy. But Greek politics has been changed by the negotiations. New Democracy has held on to 27.5pc but support for its obvious coalition partner Pasok, has plunged from 48pc to 11pc, according to the latest poll. Open Europe reckons the three hard-left parties control around 42.5pc of the vote. The think tank said: "The other parties will never provide a written commitment to austerity while even if New Democracy manages to lead the next coalition government, Samaras will likely try to renegotiate at some point." And the troika know this. This time, promises and parliamentary votes aren't enough; Greece's paymasters want action too. Last weekend, the Greek agreement to axe 150,000 public sector jobs, cut the minimum wage by 20pc, and find €3.5bn of spending reductions sparked violent riots in Athens. Now the troika has demanded an additional €325m of savings to close this year's budget gap. With Athens on the edge of political and social collapse few believe this is tolerable let alone possible. Then there are the bondholders. For seven months Greece has been trying to secure a €200bn restructuring agreement with its private creditors, thought to be the biggest sovereign restructuring ever. Bondholders are now willing to take 50pc losses on their holdings and accept a heavily reduced coupon on new bonds - but only with sweeteners that include bond buy-backs and the payment of interest. Some €93.7bn is needed to secure the deal - and this is impossible without the bail-out money. Yet the bail-out won't be acceptable to national legislatures without a bondholder agreement, which will be tough anyway. The Germans and Dutch are staunchly opposed to granting hand-outs to Greece. Last year the Finns nearly torpedoed the bail-out agreement by demanding collateral in exchange for their contribution: their demand is still on the table. In a note on Thursday, Open Europe listed more outstanding questions including the thorny issue of potential ECB participation, the viability of Greece's asset sale programme and the serious doubts over the stability of Greece's faltering economy. Little wonder that Athens is braced for more chaos, not more cash.