With 153 “yes”, the Greek parliament voted for the accession of North Macedonia to NATO, after a meeting that was marked by the confrontation of Alexis Tsipras with Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the final unraveling of the parliamentary group of ANEL. In particular, the admission protocol was approved by the majority that had been formed in …
Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Greek Parliament is to begin debate “the ratification of protocol for the Republic of North Macedonia’s accession to NATO” on Thursday at 13h. Greek MPs will continue the debate on the accession protocol in a plenary session and with a vote on Friday. The draft …
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“Congratulations my friend Alexis Tsipras, together with our peoples we reached a historical victory. Long live the Prespa Agreement! “For eternal peace and progress of the Balkans and in Europe!,” posted Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on his official Twitter and Facebook profiles following the ratification of the Prespa Agreement in the Greek Parliament. President of …
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The Greek Parliament ratified the Prespa Agreement on Friday with 153 lawmakers voting in favour of the name agreement. Against the agreement were 146 Greek MPs, and one deputy abstained from voting. All Syriza parliamentary group members voted in favor of the Prespa Agreement. They were joined by seven independent MPs and one member of the …
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The Greek parliament speaker’s office says a vote οn the ratification of the Prespa Agreement has been pushed back to Friday. The delay aims to accommodate the large number of lawmakers who want to speak during the debate. The vote had been scheduled to take place late Thursday night, but the office said there would …
“The Prespa Agreement is not balanced and therefore problematic,” said Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship and former Greek FM in regard to the debate on Prespa Agreement in Greece’s Parliament in Athens. “All governments in the past had agreed on the geographical distinction, in this case the word ‘North’ …
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The Greek parliament finished the first part of the debate on ratification of the Prespa Agreement in the early hours of Thursday and is set to continue this morning. The vote in Athens will take place in the evening or during the night. Greek media report that opposition party New Democracy will not file a …
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Greek Parliament has started the debate on the ratification of the Prespa Agreement. New Democracy MP Nikos Dendias asked that Macedonia’s Constitution following the constitutional revision is distributed to them, saying “this is a required prerequisite for discussion, because we need to understand the reality if the Greek parliament endorses the agreement.” Democratic Alliance MP …
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The debate in the Greek parliament for the ratification of the Prespa Agreement begins on Wednesday at 10 am local time, and the vote will be on Thursday evening, sources from the Greek parliament said. This was decided at a meeting of the Greek Parliament Speaker with his deputies. According to the same sources, the …
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Greek PM Alexis Tsipras expressed his resoluteness to carry on to the end with Prespa Agreement, saying that as our neigbour did not retreat, so the Greece will also not retreat. Speaking at a conference dedicated to the Prespa Agreement, Tsipras congratulated his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev, and said that with the agreement, Greece freed …
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In the next few days, along with our friend Greece, we shall discard isolation and misunderstandings and confirm the historic deal, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Saturday at press conference, following the Macedonia’s Parliament endorsement of the constitutional amendments, necessary for implementing the Prespa Agreement with the southern neighbor. ‘I am certain that the Greek …
Greek government spokesperson Dimitris Tzanakopoulos says the Prespa Agreement will be ratified in the Greek parliament. “We can see from the statements given thus far that there is a realistic majority for ratification of the Prespa Agreement in the Greek parliament,” Tzanakopoulos told radio Real FM. Asked about the possibility of early elections in Greece …
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It is obvious that the name agreement will pass in the Greek parliament, otherwise we would not have signed it, says government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos. In an interview with Greek radio Real FM, Tzanakopoulos explains that the government wants a larger majority “for this important agreement, which closes a 25-year-long issue in the best possible …
