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Junior coalition partner exits govt, new DM announced; Tsipras promises vote of confidenceThe small right-wing Independent Greeks (AN.EL) party will leave the ruling coalition, outgoing Defense Minister and party president Panos Kammenos said on Sunday, immediately after his concluded meeting with leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The development means the outspoken Kammenos will also leave the Cabinet post he has held since January 2015.Nevertheless, he did not clarify if his party's remaining deputies in Parliament, six, along with Kammenos himself, seven, will continue to support the government, i.e. in the face of a possible no-confidence motion.
Unearthed 1950s TV show has a con man called Trump tricking people into paying for a wallAn episode of a 1950s Western TV series has resurfaced because of its surprising parallels to real-life.Trackdown, which ran for two seasons between 1957 and 1959, had an instalment called “The End of the World” that featured a rabble-rousing doomsayer named Trump who scares the townsfolk by claiming disaster is on its way. He believes he’s the only one who can save them, and his method is... to build a wall.
Tsipras calls for confidence motion after coalition partner Kammenos resignsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he will seek a vote of confidence in Parliament after the resignation of Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, leader of junior partner Independent Greeks, over the FYROM name deal.A motion of confidence submitted by the government can, in theory, be passed with as few as 120 votes in the 300-member Parliament, if enough lawmakers abstain. By contrast, a motion of no confidence tabled by the opposition needs 151 votes to pass.
AfD party votes to campaign for German exit from EUFar-right nationalists decide for first time to seek ‘Dexit’ if bloc does not meet demandsThe German far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has voted to campaign for the country’s exit from the European Union if its demand for reforms within the bloc are not met.The decision on Sunday marks the first time any party has called for “Dexit” – a German departure from the EU in the mould of Brexit.
