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Asked if New Democracy will govern better or worse than SYRIZA 30.6 percent said it would do worse or probably worse, but 47.4 percent ND would do better or probably better.

'You accuse us of ceding [the status of] a people. Mr. Mitsotakis, you cannot cede something that you do not have. We did not have a Macedonian language.'

“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.”

It is the government above all which should know that a lack of information in the parliamentary process constitutes a lack of democracy.

The report of creditors will determine the stance of the markets and the return of about 700mn euros in profits of eurozone central banks from Greek bonds.

Apostolakis warned that Greece and the region are at a critical geopolitical juncture that requires constant, heightened vigilance.

'We do not permit the neo-Nazis and murderers of Pavlos Fyssas [a Greek antifascist rapper murdered by Golden Dawn] to defend the Constitution., said ex-justice minister Stavros Kontonis.

Skopje says that the amendments will be incorporated in the country’s basic law once the Greek Parliament approves the protocol for FYROM’s admission to Nato.

MP Andreas Loverdos says Skopje changed the order of events in the agreement and will incorporate the amendments in its constitution only after the Greek parliament approves FYROM’s Nato accession.

Lanthimos placed our country back on the map of international film. Tsitsipas reminded us that tennis is not the sport of the rich as it may have been in the past.

Unfortunately, we must admit that Greek reality usual undermines instead of facilitating those who wish to go beyond mediocrity.

The agreement was approved by majority, with the key votes of To Potami VP Yorgos Mavrotas and former To Potami MP Spiros Danellis.

Analysts now view PM Alexis Tsipras as the head of a minority government that cannot fully govern despite the recent confidence vote in which it received an absolute majority in parliament.

Opposition parties are up in arms over the agreement and the allegedly nefarious backroom deals to forge an absolute parliamentary majority for ratification.

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.

Just as he did before coming to power in 2015, Mr. Tsipras revived on different terms an extremely deep polarisation in Greek society and in the political landscape.

Barring any surprises the government will have a majority in favour of the Prespa Accord on the foreign affairs committee and in the upcomimg 24 January ratification vote.

ND says the hooded hoodlums who wreaked havoc by attacking riot police and protesters in the crowd had the tacit consent of the government.

They deny they participated in the mayhem at the doorstep of Parliament and say they were arrested much later and at a great distance from the violence.

Already in crisis, the small centre-right party was demolished by internal disputes over ratification of the Greece-FYROM Prespa Agreement.