{"id":142267,"date":"2018-06-17T05:50:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T05:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/greek-pm-tsipras-survives-confidence-vote-over-macedonia-name-deal\/"},"modified":"2018-06-17T05:50:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T05:50:08","slug":"greek-pm-tsipras-survives-confidence-vote-over-macedonia-name-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/greek-pm-tsipras-survives-confidence-vote-over-macedonia-name-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek PM Tsipras survives confidence vote over Macedonia name deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a parliamentary session in Athens, Greece, 16 June 2018.\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/174B0\/production\/_102080459_hi047500032.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  EPA<figcaption>Image caption                                      Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed a deal with Macedonia over its name                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has survived a no-confidence vote over the deal his government made to settle a name dispute with Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>It was tabled by the country&#039;s main opposition party, New Democracy, but was rejected by a margin of 153-127.<\/p>\n<p>The result paves the way for an historic signing ceremony on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tsipras and his Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev have agreed that Greece&#039;s neighbour will be renamed the Republic of North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the deal was to distinguish it from an identically-named Greek province. <\/p>\n<p>The name has been a subject of contention for more than two decades since the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, with Athens arguing that by using the name Macedonia the country was implying it had a claim to the Greek region.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full story: What&#039;s the name row about?<\/li>\n<li>The man who has focused on one word for 23 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But opposition figures in Greece argue that Mr Tsipras has made too many concessions in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, protesters angry with the government briefly clashed with police on the steps of the parliament building. <\/p>\n<h2>What happens now?<\/h2>\n<p>Following the vote, the foreign ministers from both countries are expected to meet on the border for a ceremony in which they will sign the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Macedonia&#039;s Nikola Dimitrov will sign the pact on Sunday and both prime ministers will be present.<\/p>\n<p>But there is still some way to go before the name change becomes official.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AFP<figcaption>Image caption                                      Demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the agreement                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>So could the change be stopped?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, the agreement will have to overcome a few obstacles before it goes through.<\/p>\n<p>Macedonia&#039;s parliament will first need to back the deal. That would be followed by a referendum in September or October.<\/p>\n<p>If voters there support it, the government would have to change the constitution which is a key Greek demand.<\/p>\n<p>Things have been complicated further as Macedonia&#039;s President Gjorge Ivanov is refusing to sign the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>He has the power to veto the deal - but not indefinitely. <\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  EPA<figcaption>Image caption                                      The Macedonian president has the power to veto the name deal                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If he refuses to sign it, it will be sent back to parliament for a second vote. If it passes again, President Ivanov would then be obliged to approve the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The deal will finally have to be ratified by the Greek parliament, a process which may also not be straightforward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright EPAImage caption Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed a deal with Macedonia over its name Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has survived a no-confidence vote over the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}