Athens: The Greek Parliament late on Wednesday renewed its support for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, a leftist after he asked for a vote of confidence when his coalition with the nationalists broke up on January 13 following a spat over the agreement reached with neighbouring Macedonia to rename that country. The vote ended with 151 votes in favour of the government after two days of debate in which the leader of the leftist Syriza party defended the Prespa agreement with Macedonia as a stabilizer of the region and stressed the need to complete his mandate to promote his social agenda after the end of the financial aid programs by the European Union (EU). After this accolade, Tsipras intends to hold on as prime minister until October, to complete those plans and try to make amends with the Greek people before the elections, after Greece suffered financial distress by the cuts imposed by the country’s creditors under his leadership, Efe reported. (IANS)