Economics
Tsipras Wins Greece Confidence Vote, Prepares for Next Challenge
- Premier will now seek support to ratify Macedonia agreement
- Government stays in power with 151 votes in 300-seat chamber
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras saw off the latest challenge to his government, winning the fourth confidence vote of his term in office. That may have been the easy part.
After surviving a confidence motion late Wednesday with 151 votes in Greece’s 300-seat chamber, the 44-year-old premier needs to figure out how to ratify a landmark accord with the neighboring Republic of Macedonia, after his coalition partner pulled out of the government in protest over the deal.