Julianne Smith, of the Centre for New American Security, said Mrs Merkel is going to sorely miss her former
grand coalition with the SPD.
The Social Democrats actually gained 7 % since last year's general election and did not seem to have suffered from entering into
a grand coalition with the Christian Democrats.
In 2013, the SPD decided to join
a grand coalition with Angela Merkel's CDU, rejecting the prospect of leading a government jointly with the Green Party and the Left Party.
an entirely obstreperous Lib Dem Party might force Labour to form
a grand coalition with the Conservatives or at least agree to dissolve the government or lose all credibility themselves.
Some Social Democrats are even doubtful about whether the SPD can survive
another grand coalition with Angela Merkel's CDU.
A deal with Labour would require
a grand coalition with other parties and could be electoral suicide for the Lib Dems in southern England.
Thousands of brand - new members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) may very well be the ones who decide on whether Germany will be governed by
a grand coalition with Angela Merkel at its helm.
German President Frank - Walter Steinmeier is currently pressuring his party (the SPD) to form a so - called
Grand Coalition with the conservatives and avoid the need for snap elections.
Not exact matches
Grassroots members of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) decisively backed the party's decision to enter into another «
grand coalition» government
with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), thus bringing to an end months of uncertainty following September's general election.
His remarks appeared aimed at the FDP and the Social Democrats (SPD), who on Monday ruled out renewing their «
grand coalition»
with the conservatives.
It is too early to say whether the election will result in the continuation of the
grand coalition between the conservatives and the social democrats, a revival of the conservative - liberal
coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), or even a three - way
coalition between the conservatives, the FDP, and the Green Party.
Now that SPD members have approved their party's
grand coalition agreement
with conservatives, it's time to decide who will take what ministry.
All other parties have ruled out the idea of a
coalition with the AfD, so the arithmetic of Teutonic politics dictates that for the foreseeable future Germany may be run by a succession of
grand coalition governments made up of its two main parties.
Germany's oldest party, the center - left SPD, which had been in a «
grand coalition»
with Merkel, was consigned to opposition.
Germany also has a tradition of
grand coalitions between its two main parties, but New Zealand shows the system can work even when there isn't that kind of bipartisan collaboration (as, let's be honest, there wouldn't be in a hypothetical United States
with MMP).
10 pm Update German Elections: Andrew Marshall's Live Blog: MERKEL WINS THIRD TERM: «Whether it's a CDU government or a
grand coalition, Merkel's success probably gives her government more wiggle room in terms of any renegotiation
with the UK... But there's a huge gap between CDU and Conservative positions on much of the EU issue.»
A sympathetic Liberal Democrat Party, ten more seats or so, and you're home and dry in Number 10 -
with a fine chance of countering the short - term Cameron centre - right
coalition with a long - term centre left realignment: the realisation of Roy Jenkins»
grand scheme.
At 9:15 a.m., the Parkash Tenant
Coalition, a coalition of tenants from 15 of landlord Ved Parkash's buildings, publicly announces its formation, holds a press conference, and rallies with the support of NYC Public Advocate Tish James to seek justice, after they claim 2,369 violations in 11 of his 43 buildings, Bronx Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, t
Coalition, a
coalition of tenants from 15 of landlord Ved Parkash's buildings, publicly announces its formation, holds a press conference, and rallies with the support of NYC Public Advocate Tish James to seek justice, after they claim 2,369 violations in 11 of his 43 buildings, Bronx Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, t
coalition of tenants from 15 of landlord Ved Parkash's buildings, publicly announces its formation, holds a press conference, and rallies
with the support of NYC Public Advocate Tish James to seek justice, after they claim 2,369 violations in 11 of his 43 buildings, Bronx Housing Court, 1118
Grand Concourse, the Bronx.
Klein indicated last month in Puerto Rico that he was quite content to spend his time pushing Democratic policies by working in a
coalition with Republicans, and his spokeswoman responded to Stewart - Cousins by tartly declaring that she hadn't even called in «nearly a month... so we have no idea what her
grand plan is for Democratic unity.»
Welsh Tory leader Nick Bourne (who blogs here) has long hoped to put his Tory group into a
grand coalition but that hope only became feasible when Mike German AM pulled out of talks to put his LibDem group into
coalition with Rhodri Morgan's Welsh Labour party.
The international science on global environmental change, which has provided the insights we have today on the functioning of the Earth system and impacts on human societies of anthropogenic change, has triggered a concerted global effort, integrating the ICSU / ISSC Visioning process on the
Grand Challenges for Earth system research for global sustainability
with the Belmont Forum challenge (a
coalition of major donors of global environmental change research), to define the future integrated science agenda on Earth system research for global sustainability.
The bloggers from the Beauty Blog
Coalition are at it again and have set up a group giveaway
with one
grand prize winner and two first place winners!