Greek PM set to squeak through confidence motion over Macedonia deal

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a parliamentary session on confidence vote in Athens, Greece, January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made an impassioned appeal to parliament for support on Tuesday, the eve of a confidence vote he is expected to survive by a whisker with the support of a handful of opposition lawmakers.

Tsipras called the confidence vote following the resignation of Defence Minister Panos Kammenos and his right-wing Independent Greeks' party over an accord to end a long dispute between Greece and Macedonia by changing Macedonia's name.