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'This may become the beginning of new ills. Unfortunately, partisan bargains and SYRIZA’s cynicism prevailed over the national interest.'

There were 153 yeas, 146 nays, and one MP who declared himself present. The 145 MPs of ruling SYRIZA were joined by eight independent MPs and some from smaller parties.

Asked if they approve of the government “with all that you know and your experience with SYRIZA”, 71.4 percent said they were very or rather dissatisfied.

'That decision [not to admit FYROM to Nato] offered our country an exceptionally effective negotiating advantage which unfortunately was not exploited as is should have been,the ex-PM's statement read.

“Today they sent me a video which unfortunately we didn’t have the time to screen. It is characteristic and very humorous and concerns the government and what it was saying before being elected about the port of Piraeus, and how it did the opposite.”

The ruling party revealed to MPs for the first time that the amendments to the Constitution of FYROM will come into effect only after the Greek Parliament ratifies the protocol on FYROM’s admission to Nato.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said it is inconceivable for the agreement to be ratified without parliament having been given the complete text of FYROM’s Constitution with the amendments stipulated in the accord.

This country has athletes, filmmakers, and other professionals who did not reach the heights that they might have if only they had been afforded the necessary opportunities.

Within the next 30 days Greece’s creditors or “institutions”, which are currently in Athens to conduct an evaluation, expect the government to have met 16 prior commitments.

If the police are unable to isolate a small number of troublemakers, either they are incompetent or they are executing instructions unrelated to maintaining order issued by their superiors.

Access to the markets is not prohibitive for normal economies. No normal economy has been saddled with the straight-jacket of huge primary surpluses.

In effect, with the pretext of protecting the rights of veterans the clarification asserts clearly the existence of a Macedonian ethnicity (Macedonian people) and indeed liberation struggles that sought to unify the entire geographic area of Macedonia.

The ruling SYRIZA party should explain why after failing to create its Utopia it cannot check the excessive zeal that is often exhibited by police.

They are demanding an en masse hiring of thousands of substitute teachers to cover unfilled teaching positions.

One would have expected That a younger generation of politicians and those who preached a “new” kind of politics would have a different paradigm in wielding power.

In his speech, Potami MP Yorgos Amyras in parliament declared “You will find the single vote needed in tonight’s confidence vote, but you willl not find 151 votes [to ratify] the Prespa Agreement.”

Mr. Tsipras is the second pole of the political system, opposite Mr. Mitsotakis. Moreover, no one can doubt that the other smaller parties on both the right and left will be crushed in the heightened polarisation.

In Germany, which continued to move not only as a locomotive but as a high-speed train when the rest of the Eurozone was trailing, there are more and more voices supporting an exit from the EU, or Dexit.

Tsipras also accused New Democracy of tolerating the attacks and death threats issued by ND cadres and sent to MPs who plan to support the government.

Economic analysts and major financial players are underlining that political uncertainty can have an exceptionally negative impact on the course of the economy.

The report noted that the ratification vote on the Greece-FYROM Prespa naming agreement is what triggered the ruling coalition’s breakup.

Independent Greeks MP Thanasis Papachristopoulos, Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura, and Deputy Agriculture Minister Vasilis Kokkalis will give the government their confidence.

The PM engaged in petty partisan bargaining with his former coalition partner in the hope of ensuring his own interests.

Kammenos has been replaced by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Kammenos has been replaced as defence minister by Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, until now Greece’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The climate that the PM and his junior coalition partner have cultivated is a far cry from political stability.

Participants included Hellenic Bank Association President Nikos Karamouzis, German Hellenic Chamber President Michalis Mailis, Aegean Airlines President Eftychios Vasilakis, Cosmote CEO Michael Tsamaz, and Evangelos Mytilineos.

The talks also touched on tax cuts that ND has proposed, attracting investment, and continuing on the path of structural reforms.