ND leader Mitsotakis rejects idea for censure motion

Greece's main opposition party will not table a censure motion against the government over its disagreement on the Prespes accord, according to Kathimerini's sources on Wednesday.

A no-confidence motion would delay the ongoing parliamentary debate on the ratification of the name deal signed between Athens and Skopje to resolve a decades-old dispute on the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

According to the sources, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis rejected the proposal made by his associates which fuelled media reports that the move was almost certain.

Mitsotakis decided that the result of such a motion would be in favor of the government, given that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras survived a vote of confidence only last week with the support of four lawmakers from the Independent Greeks (ANEL), the sources said.

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