Nikos Voutsis

A second day of debate on the Prespes name deal is to culminate in a vote in Parliament late tonight with the government expected to secure ratification for the contentious accord.

Tensions are expected to peak with the speeches of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the afternoon.

A vote on the Prespes name deal is expected to take place in Greece's Parliament on Thursday night with debate to start at committee level on Monday afternoon before moving to the plenary, House speaker Nikos Voutsis said Monday.

In comments on Monday, Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis condemned the "unprecedented" attempt by extremists to force their way into the House during a rally on Sunday protesting the Prespes name deal.

The contentious Prespes name deal is to go before Parliament's foreign affairs committee at  5 p.m. on Monday for debate.

It remains unclear how many sessions the committee will require to examine the deal before forwarding it to the House's plenary for a vote.

Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis indicated last week that the deal will go to a vote by the end of this week.
 

Parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis on Friday said that Greek lawmakers will be voting on ratifying the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the end of next week.

A vote of confidence in the Greek government is to take place on Wednesday night after two days of debate beginning on Tuesday at 10 a.m., Parliament speakers decided on Monday.

Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos on Monday ejected Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura from his group of MPs in a post on Twitter, declaring that she "exchanged her vote and the Macedonia name for a ministerial seat."

Prompting a cycle of fresh political upheaval, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he would call a confidence vote in his government this week after his junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos announced on Sunday that he was quitting the government due to his objections with Tsipras on the Prespes name deal.

Parliament speaker Nikos Voutsis has announced that he suggested to the government that debate on the confidence motion start on Tuesday morning, with the vote on Wednesday night.

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