Greek PM Tsipras survives confidence vote

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, center claps hands with other members of the government after the announcement of the confidence vote results during a parliamentary session in Athens, on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2019. [Photo/IC]

ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's left-wing prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has narrowly won a confidence vote in parliament days after the governing coalition collapsed.

Tsipras received the minimum 151 votes in Greece's 300-seat legislature for his government to survive. His term ends in October.

The defense minister in Tsipras' government who leads a small nationalist party, Panos Kammenos, quit the coalition last weekend over a proposed agreement with neighboring Macedonia. The deal calls for the young country to be renamed North Macedonia in exchange for Greece no longer blocking its path to NATO membership.

AP



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