The head of main opposition New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, once again underlined that his party will not vote for the Prespes Agreement if it comes to parliament, while touring the island of Kefalonia on Saturday.
The fourth regular session of the 17th term of the Hellenic Parliament began on Monday with a traditional blessing ceremony performed by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece and members of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece.
“I am very respectful of all the achievements of the government, the Parliament and especially the Greek citizens,” EU Commissioner responsible for Competition Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday in Greek parliament.
The off the agenda debate at the parliament plenum on the economy, requested by main opposition New Democracy, will start on Thursday at 12:00.
Parliament President Nikos Voutsis, in a letter to the president of the European parliament Antonio Tajani, stressed the need for a sustainable European system on migration, with a fair allocation of responsibilities in the management of migration that accorded with the principle of solidarity.
The Greek Parliament on Saturday rejected a censure motion against the government, with 153 votes against the motion and 127 votes in favour out of a total 280 votes cast.
Greece is “heading steadily towards the exit from the long crisis and the suffocating surveillance, and only a short distance remains to the end,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Parliament on Wednesday.
The parliament plenum will decide on Friday by secret ballot on the ruling regarding the Novartis case.
Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis on Monday tabled the draft budget for 2018 in Parliament, presenting it to Parliament President Nikos Voutsis.
Opposition MPs helped the government pass with a wide majority legislation on Tuesday night that grants gay couples full marriage rights even though it did not have the full support of coalition partner Independent Greeks.