8 minutes agoGreek prime minister faces confidence vote due to agreement with Macedonia
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(7 years ago)Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to face a parliamentary vote of confidence Wednesday, after his right-wing coalition partner decided to scrap the deal due to differences over the pact expected to resolve Macedonia's name issue. Greece's ruling coalition for the past four years was [...]
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to face a parliamentary vote of confidence Wednesday, after his right-wing coalition partner decided to scrap the deal due to differences over the pact expected to resolve Macedonia's name issue.
Greece's ruling coalition for the past four years was “destroyed” on Sunday, after Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, leader of the Party of Independent Greeks (ANEL), left the government by violating the direct majority in parliament and establishing the possibility for snap elections.
But investors are relatively convinced that Tsipras could win confidence votes, but even if he loses, it would mean approaching several months of elections scheduled for October, bankers and analysts said, broadcast tch.
Greek lawmakers will begin debate on the motion of confidence during today, cremating by a vote late Wednesday. Syriza has 145 seats in the 300-seat room and to make it a vote of confidence, Tsipras must convince at least 5 MPs from other parties.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of New Democracy's conservative opposition party, acknowledged that Tsipras could win confidence vote in comments to T V AN1.
It is possible that Mr. Tsipras may reach 151 (deputate), but the most obvious solution would be the early national election”, he said, calling coalition division a pre-organised and organised “x3>.
On Monday, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and another ANEL lawmaker said they would support Tsipras, while then Kammenos expelled both from the party.
However, the crisis has questioned the fate of a 2018 agreement changing Macedonia's name. Greek parliamentary support for the new name, Northern Macedonia, is required in order for the small Balkan country to join the European Union and NATO.
New Democracy rejects the agreement and is about eight to 12 percentage points ahead of the Syrza Tsipras team in opinion polls. Macedonia's Parliament ratified the agreement last week, while the ball has now passed through Athens.
