Political discord mounts in Greece over Prespes name deal

In the wake of Wednesday's acrimonious confidence vote, tensions continued on Thursday over the Prespes accord, with the office of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promising not to "fast-track" its ratification and to publicize the full text of the agreement for "every Greek" to read.

It said the government will print tens of thousands of copies of the accord, which will be distributed with Sunday newspapers.

Meanwhile, main opposition New Democracy on Thursday reiterated its criticism that with the ratification of the deal, Greece will essentially recognize a "Macedonian" language and ethnicity. 

In the debate preceding Wednesday's confidence vote, Mitsotakis said the deal made far too many concessions to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), prompting the PM's office on Thursday to also challenge Mitsotakis to defend his position in a live...

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