Greek citizens appear divided over the Greek government's stance on the Cyprus financial crisis, and an overwhelming majority support Greece's stay in the eurozone, a new opinion survey released in Athens this weekend showed.

Some 52.3 percent of respondents in the survey conducted by polling firm "Kappa Research" for Sunday's Greek daily "To Vima" (The Tribune) criticized the position of Athens during the latest developments.

They said Greece could assist Cyprus more in deliberations to reach a solution after the Eurogroup pushed last week for a levy on all deposits on the island in return of vital financial aid.

About 68.6 percent of participants believed that Greece must take a tougher negotiation stand, as Cyprus did, in future talks with international lenders who have kept the country afloat with multi-billion euro aids in exchange for painful austerity and reform measures since 2010.

However, 70.8 percent of respondents want Greece to stay in the eurozone, despite increasing skepticism over the European common currency and the European Union. Meanwhile, some 45 percent of Greeks support the dissolution of the eurozone and 40.4 percent the EU's dissolution.

An overwhelming majority of 96 percent of respondents said that Germany, with its harsh stance over the Greek debt crisis and over the developments across Europe over the past three years, seemed to be interested to safeguard only its own national interests.

In regards to Greece's political scene ahead of a new round of negotiations with lenders in early April on the terms for the release of the next bailout tranche to Athens this spring, 58.6 percent of Greeks said that the current conservative-led coalition government should be given more time to bring about more favorable results.

Greek opposition party SYRIZA maintains a marginal lead over the New Democracy (ND) ruling party of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in support rate by 26.6 percent versus 25.7 percent, according to the "Kappa Research" survey.

Nevertheless, despite mounting frustration over deepening recession, soaring unemployment rates and painful economic policies implemented by the government since last summer's general elections, 42.3 percent of respondents still opted for a coalition government led by ND rather than a coalition government led by SYRIZA.

A similar result emerged from another survey printed in daily "Eleftherotypia" (Press Freedom) on Sunday which was conducted by polling firm "Metron Analysis."

The second polls puts SYRIZA's support rate at 25.8 percent in comparison to 25.2 percent for ND, but shows that Samaras was more popular for the Premier's post with 29 percent compared to SYRIZA's leader Alexis Tsipras who garnered 13 percent.