Greek Parliament ratifies the Prespa Agreement with 153 votes in favour


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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Heated debates in Greek Parliament on ratification session of the Prespa deal


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 Greek Parliament will ratify next week the Prespes agreement


The Prespes Agreement will come for ratification next week through the contract procedure in the Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs in the Greek Parliament, followed by a discussion and voting in plenary. “We will not follow Fast Track procedures”, the government stresses. Parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis said that Greek lawmakers will be voting on …

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The Prespes Agreement will head for ratification next week in the Greek Parliament


The Prespes Agreement will head for ratification next week through the contract procedure in the Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs in the Greek Parliament, followed by a discussion and voting in plenary. “We will not follow Fast Track procedures”, the government stresses. This is the second big bet of the Tsipras Government, since the …

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Tsipras: Ratification of the Prespa Deal in the Greek Parliament in the course of January


In an interview with OPEN TV on Wednesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out the possibility of him leading a minority government, should his coalition with the Independent Greeks party break up over the Prespa Agreement. Alexis Tsipras said he believed junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos will not bring down the government, despite his strong …

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Tzanakopoulos: Prespa Agreement will be ratified by 151 votes


Greece’s government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos has expressed his confidence that the SYRIZA-led administration will secure the 151 votes it needs to adopt the name agreement signed between Athens and Skopje on June 17th, 2018. On Wednesday in a radio interview with News 24/7 , Tzanakopoulos said that in the event that the junior coalition Independent Greeks …

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Ivanov no longer has ammunition against the agreement


The “absolute veto” of the law on ratifying the Prespa agreement is probably the last “ammunition” that President Gjorge Ivanov used to obstruct the agreement between the governments of Macedonia and Greece, creating the ground for his political-legal “sendoff” for disrespecting The Constitution. After activating the process on constitutional changes, as the second stage after …

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Tzanakopoulos: Majority for Prespa Agreement ratification in the Greek parliament


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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Parliament revote of law on ratification of the name agreement


A session in which MPs will vote again for the law ratifying the name agreement has been scheduled on Thursday, it was agreed Monday in a coordination meeting of Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi and coordinators of parliamentary groups. Last week, a decision of President Gjorge Ivanov was forwarded to the Assembly saying he wouldn’t sign …

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Greek govt will decide on ratification process after Macedonia fulfills its commitments


According to a press release from the Greek Prime Minister’s Office, it is clear that the Greek side has not yet decided how to ratify the Greek-Macedonian Agreement. “When the other party does its best to fulfill the commitments stemming from the Agreement, the government will make decisions regarding the ratification process collectively, always respecting the international …

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Second vote in Parliament on the name agreement on July 5 or 6


 The parliament session over a second vote of the law ratifying the name agreement will be scheduled on July 5 or 6, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Friday. Speaker Xhaferi said that if President Gjorge Ivanov failed to sign the decree for the law’s promulgation for the second time, the same solution would be used for both …

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Parliament to hold second vote on name agreement by next week


The Parliament has received the decision of President Gjorge Ivanov not to sign the decree for the promulgation of the Law ratifying the Final agreement for the settlement of the differences as described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1193) and 845 (1993), the termination of the Interim Accord of 1995, and the establishment …

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Macedonia’s Parliament ratifies name deal with Greece


Macedonia’s Parliament adopted Wednesday the law on ratification of the Final Agreement for the settlement of the differences as described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993), the termination of the Interim Accord of 1995 and the establishment of a strategic partnership. Lawmakers voted 69-0 to ratify the agreement, while …

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People protest against name deal as MPs approve its ratification


People gathered Tuesday outside the Parliament’s building in Skopje to protest against ratification of the agreement with Greece on settling the name issue. Some one hundred people protested as the MPs at a session voted in favor of approving the necessity to ratify the name deal in a fast-tracked procedure. Today’s protest was peaceful and …

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