The head of Greece’s junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos still holds his position regarding the deal with FYROM and he insists that his nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL) party would not vote to ratify the name deal when the ratification will be discussed in the Greek parliament.
“The agreement will not be ratified. We the government partners will do everything in our power so that it is not ratified. We have clearly said that we will not vote [for the deal]. I have made this commitment publicly some time ago,” Kammenos, who is also defense minister, said in an interview in Greek television.
Kammenos went on to say that his small right-wing party would “withdraw its support” from the leftist-led government if the agreement signed in June and settling a decades-old dispute between the two Balkan neighbors is brought to lawmakers for ratification possibly on March.
“Others will then have to step in as partners to the government,” Kammenos added, belying assurances earlier this month by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that Independent Greeks would not do anything to prevent the agreement from going through.
