A several-year long dispute between Greece and the neighboring country, which is formally called The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on Friday, apparently got a end.
The Greek parliament has adopted the so-called Prespa-agreement. The agreement was concluded between the governments of the two countries in June last year.
the Agreement must address and resolve a long-running dispute between the two countries on the use of the name Macedonia.
the Land which today is known as The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – also known under the English abbreviation Fyrom – has agreed to change the name to the Republic of Nordmakedonien. Thus the country could more easily be distinguished from the Greek region of Macedonia.
in return, Greece should keep up with that block, that the country may be recorded in the militæralliancen Nato and the EU.
In the northern part of Greece is a province, which also bears the name Macedonia. According to the greeks the former name from the neighbor to the north suggested a territorial claim on the Greek province.
The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, had not pushed the agreement through the parliament without any problems. Among other things, the issue has cost Tsipras support from parts of his parliamentary basis.
instead he was Friday depending on the non-attached members in the european parliament in order to stack a majority for the agreement on the legs.
the Agreement was adopted with the votes 153-146, writes the German news agency dpa.
