Sentences with phrase «coalition government between»

Based on the results, the BBC's projected national vote share puts the Lib Dems on 16 % - an improvement on the latter days of the coalition government between 2013 and 2015, but lower than its estimated performance in last year's county council elections.

Here's the problem for a coalition government between the two parties.

This is the UK, so of course there is no formal rule, but based on the 2010 coalition government between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, we would expect a full formal coalition to produce a cabinet containing members of both parties, all acting under the convention of collective responsibility.

However, the Green leader underlined that his party was determined to prevent a coalition government between Merkel's CDU / CSU and the Free Democrats, and that they were therefore unlikely to join one.

In 2010, a coalition government between the Tories and the Lib Dems did not result in the top Scottish job going to Mr Mundell.

Not exact matches

Italy's parliament is convening for a vote on Friday that could pave the way for negotiations between rival parties to form a coalition government.

Italy appeared to be taking a step closer to forming a coalition government on Wednesday, with the country's president seeking to push coalition talks between the biggest political parties.

Italy's politicians can either form a grand coalition between Bersani, technocrat Mario Monti's centrists and Berlusconi's center - right group or risk another technocratic government if they are to prevent further elections within twelve months, analysts have told CNBC.

The two options left open to Italy's politicians are either to form a grand coalition between Bersani, technocrat Mario Monti's centrists and Berlusconi's center - right, or the implementation of another technocrat government.

Rome - Italy is facing a third month of political paralysis after talks between the centre - left and the Five Star Movement over a coalition government failed to get off the ground Thursday.

Political parties failed to form a coalition government after May 6 elections, triggering another contest between the pro-bailout New Democracy conservatives and left - wing Syriza party that has promised to cancel the terms of the country's rescue loan agreements.

Following last Friday night's coordinated missile attack by a coalition of U.S., U.K. and French forces against Syrian chemical weapons facilities, there was a high level of consternation about whether the barrage of targeted airstrikes would escalate into a dangerous and wide - ranging military engagement between the Assad - led Syrian government backers (Russia, Iran, Hezbollah) and NATO forces.

A new coalition government led by Chancellor Merkel still seemed the most likely outcome, although negotiations between the various parties looked set to take some time, mainly due to the difficulties of accommodating the opposing views of the junior partners in the proposed coalition, the economically liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Greens.

The government is caught between Brussels» fiscal rules and a weak coalition.

And, in the military struggle against the government, the clear lines of distinction that the West wants to see between the National Coalition - linked Free Syrian Army and the Islamist factions have been blurred several times.

This strategy would seek to cement a coalition between orthodox conservatives and working - class white swing voters who have never been fully comfortable with conservative small government politics.

• First, the Nicaraguan people made a logical choice in an election that the U.S. government, its UNO backed coalition, and its contra army all framed as a choice between ongoing war and «peace.»

Upheaval and uncertainty during the prolonged transition period as the coalition developed alternative policies, has at times come to characterise the relationship between business and government in the regions.

«If it becomes clear that the national interest which is stable and principled government can be best served by forming a coalition between the Labour party and the Liberal democrats, then I believe I should discharge that duty to form that government which would in my view command a majority in the House of Commons in the Queen's Speech and any other confidence votes.

He called the government a «coalition of chaos» - a term the Conservatives once used to describe a potential pact between Labour, the SNP, and the Greens, and he spoke of the «shambles» that Brexit negotiations have become.

Netanyahu was prevented from assembling a narrow right - religious coalition by an impromptu alliance between the nationalist - religious Jewish Home and secular - liberal Yesh Atid, which declared that either they would both serve in government or would sit in opposition together; and the unlikely bromance of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid also forced the PM's hand.

Laws had a rare vantage point at the centre of Coalition government as he attended the Quad, met regularly with Clegg and his policy advisers, served on important Cabinet Committees, frequently brokering deals between the Coalition parties.

My understanding is that there was an argument inside the government between the two halves of the coalition.

On that generous assumption, the Coalition government achieved a reduction in net administration costs of 27 per cent in real terms between 2011 - 12 and 2014 - 15, which is much better than we observed over comparable periods in the three decades covered by our earlier analysis.

It will be a choice between strong and stable leadership in the national interest, with me as your Prime Minister, or weak and unstable coalition government led by Jeremy Corbyn, propped up by the Liberal Democrats, who want to re-open the divisions of the referendum, and Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP.

Local government formed one of the devolved powers and the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 was introduced by a coalition Scottish Executive formed between the Labour party and the Liberal democrats.

In 2010 a coalition government formed between the Conservative party and Liberal democrats took office.

@Stuart White: Of course there's a difference between (a) a minority government which a smaller party permits to remain in office by not using its votes to defeat its programme and legislation, either ad hoc or in accordance with some semi-formal pact, and (b) a coalition in which both parties hold seats in the Cabinet.

Brian: if you can't see the difference between a minority Labour government that - in your words (from your original posts on this issue)- dares the Lib Dems to vote it down, and a coalition government based on a mutually agreed set of objectives, then you need to take a second look.

Following that election, Simon Thomas was appointed a special adviser to the Plaid Cymru ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government coalition between his party and Labour.

The new coalition government in the UK between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats represents a bewildering political mix for many progressives.

There will be a sense of urgency to the coalition talks to form a new British government because the Brexit clock is ticking: formal negotiations between the British government and the EU are due to start on June 19 — just 10 days away.

While advancement of the peace process is of one of cornerstones of the coalition agreement between the Kadima and Likud — the two largest parties in the Knesset — the government is unlikely to adopt the defense minister's proposal.

What was true a year ago is even truer now: what should matter most to Tories is not the coalition between the parties, but the coalition of voters who will decide whether to elect a Conservative government with an overall majority.

Hundreds of Ghanaians today [Wednesday], joined the Ghana First Patriotic Front, a coalition of opposition political parties, to demonstrate against the government for approving the controversial defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and the US despite the massive resistance.

And a change of government — especially if it was a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats — could see even more reforms brought into play, with issues like voting and House of Lords reform suddenly thrown into the mix.

The current coalition government has a target of cutting administration costs by 34 per cent between 2009 - 10 and 2014 - 15.

The Conservative rebellion, which could number anywhere between 50 and 100 MPs, will mark a critical moment for the coalition government regardless of the final result.

What matters to me is not so much the coalition between the parties, but how to create the coalition of voters who will elect a Conservative government with an overall majority.

Following the election of Tony Blair as Labour leader in July 1994 after the death of his predecessor John Smith, Ashdown pursued co-operation between the two parties because he wanted to form a coalition government should the next general election end without any party having an overall majority.

The Osborne plan (and the Coalition Agreement) called on Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers to achieve a cyclically - adjusted target to reduce government debt as a share of national income between 2014 - 15 and 2015 - 16 and, politically and economically most significant, to do so by achieving a budget balance by the end of the Parliament.

Befitting its status as the senior coalition partner, contributing 306 of the coalition's original 363 MPs, and both the prime minister and chancellor of the exchequer, the Conservative Party provided the the primary inspiration for the programme for government that ensued from the negotiations between the two parties.

As Rafael Behr commented recently: «one difference between opposition and government for Liberal Democrats has been that, before coalition, no one noticed what they said; now, no one notices what they do.»

The row follows a recent open letter from 27 Anglican bishops accusing the coalition government of forcing people to choose between «heating and eating».

Whatever people may think of New Labour's achievements, faults and mistakes, there is an enormous difference between the timidity with which a government with a majority of 170 + proceeded in its first term, carefully implementing its incremental manifesto but always looking over its shoulder in search of the «daily mandate», and the astonishing bullishness of this Coalition despite the hung parliament.

«The Coalition Government's programme for schools signals a return to the dark days of fragmentation and damaging competition between schools that served all children, young people and their teachers very badly.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today that plans to reform the House of Lords will be abandoned after the Conservatives had «broken the contract» between the coalition government partners.

The Institute for Government's timely report on practical challenges facing the final year of coalition government, outlined areas where increasing politicisation will mean channels of information between parties become squeezed and the arteries of governmenGovernment's timely report on practical challenges facing the final year of coalition government, outlined areas where increasing politicisation will mean channels of information between parties become squeezed and the arteries of governmengovernment, outlined areas where increasing politicisation will mean channels of information between parties become squeezed and the arteries of governmentgovernment clogged.

Frankly, the only mainstream pro-Europe party is the Lib Dems, and this referendum puts Nick Clegg between a rock and a hard place: unable to support his own coalition government; unwilling to countenance a pact with Labour.

This was contained in a communique issued after a meeting between Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo - Addo and the Coalition, as well as representatives of the government.