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Emina, a migrant from Syria who boarded a train with her 2-month-old baby, blamed Macedonian authorities for “harassing” the migrants, not giving them food or water, and holding them back at the border.

“I am resigning because I have now exhausted the mandate which the public gave me in January’s general election”, Tsipras said during his televised address on Thursday night.

Tsipras submitted his resignation after facing the largest rebellion yet within his own Syriza party when a third of his legislators voted against or abstained from voting on austerity bailout measures required to reach a deal with European creditors.

“The political mandate of the January 25 elections has exhausted its limits and now the Greek people have to have their say”, Tsipras said in a televised address Thursday night.

The rush over the border on Monday came after Macedonia effectively lifted the blockade of its border with Greece on Sunday, after thousands of migrants stormed past Macedonian police who had been trying to stop their entry by force. Some small children were separated from their...

If they manage to enter Hungary, the refugees could travel freely across the borders of most of the 28 EU member states.

The bill on the rescue deal passed just in time for Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos to head to Brussels to meet his counterparts from the 19-country currency union in the hope of getting their seal of approval as well.

The bailout was in “the interests of Greece and Europe”, Schaeuble told the Bundestag.

According to a statement released by the European Commission (EC) immediately after the meeting, the new billion-dollar loans will be made available over the next three years to Greece by the ESM.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned yesterday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece’s creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in.

Greece’s other political parties want to get rid of Mr. Tsipras and Syriza.

“If we don’t find a solution, we will have to do bridge financing”, he said, referring to a short-term loan so Greece can make its next debt payment on August 20.

In Berlin, the government said it expected Athens to press ahead with its reform agenda and the finance ministry said aid disbursements would be delayed should the elections cause any delay in an examination of the programme.

His U-turn in accepting the demands by the country’s creditors led to outrage among hardliners in his Syriza party, with dozens voting against him during the bailout’s ratification in parliament last week.

The approval comes after six hours of talks to nail down the tough and far-reaching reforms Athens must implement in return. Unable to borrow on the worldwide markets, another bailout is all that stands between Greece and a disorderly default on its debts – as soon as next...