Deputy PM: Tsipras will win votes on confidence and name deal

Greece's deputy prime minister said the government would emerge stronger after winning a confidence vote later on Wednesday and be able to secure parliament's endorsement for an accord to end a dispute over the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called the confidence vote following the resignation of his right-wing coalition partner Panos Kammenos in protest over the accord.

Greek opponents of the agreement say FYROM's new name - "Republic of North Macedonia" - reached after decades of dispute between Athens and Skopje, represents an attempt to appropriate Greek identity. Macedonia is the name of Greece's biggest northern region.

Tsipras has said that if he wins the vote with an absolute majority of 151 in the 300-seat parliament, he will bring the so-called Prespes agreement to Parliament for approval...

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