Greek PM wins confidence vote after Macedonia name row

— Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday survived a confidence vote after a row over a landmark name deal with Macedonia sunk his four-year coalition.

A total of 151 lawmakers supported Tsipras’ government out of 299 present, including several independent MPs, the official count showed.

“Parliament today gave a vote of confidence to stability (and) the effort to regain the country’s international credibility,” Tsipras told reporters after the vote.

“To a government which has already changed Greece and will continue until the completion of its constitutionally-mandated term,” he said.

Despite the victory, the subsequent fate of Tsipras’ government — and whether he will complete his four-year term which ends in September — is far from certain.

The PM now faces an immediate challenge to also push through parliament the controversial name deal with neighboring Macedonia, which has sparked protests in both countries.

In a speech to parliament on Tues- day, the 44-year-old leftist leader insisted his government “has another nine months and very important tasks to carry out,” pointing to elections in October.

Among his goals are a revision of the constitution, a minimum wage increase and the completion of a property deal with the church that was recently blocked by senior bishops.