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Credit: Reuters/Yorgos Karahalis By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS | Thu May 3, 2012 3:56pm EDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras on Thursday made a last-ditch appeal to voters in Athens, his biggest constituency, for a strong mandate in Sunday's elections to lead the debt-stricken country back to growth and stability. Samaras, 60, is hoping a last-minute polarization of voters will get him enough ballots to rule alone, although recent polls hint this is unlikely, meaning a new coalition will need to be formed to carry on with policies agreed under an EU/IMF bailout. "I don't want to co-govern with (socialist) PASOK," he told thousands of supporters waving Greek flags at a central Athens rally. "If we formed a government with PASOK we would be hostage to its policies, afraid at every step that the coalition may break up," he said. The "troika" of IMF, EU and ECB lenders have said the election poses a big risk to the fiscal steps and reforms Greece needs to deliver to get cash and turn its ailing economy around, including 11 billion euros worth of new measures in June. The country's pro-bailout parties also say that failure to stick with the terms of the 130 billion euro EU/IMF bailout - hugely unpopular because of the austerity it imposes on Greeks - may endanger Greece's future in the single currency, with dire risks for other EU peripheral states like Spain and Italy. Much will depend on whether Samaras and PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos can set aside differences and forge a viable coalition as neither party is likely to win an absolute majority alone. One sticking point is who gets to be prime minister. PRIORITY IS GROWTH Samaras promised measures to jump-start growth in an economy that is mired in a deep recession, hit hard by cuts in pay and pensions and higher taxes to plug fiscal shortfalls. 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