Sentences with phrase «coalition negotiations with»

Clegg could have used the Coalition negotiations with David Cameron to stop tuition fees.

Another way to look at it: That the VAT rise was unavoidable because of the coalition negotiations with the Lib Dems.

Number one takes Balls back to the coalition negotiations with Labour, when he and others refused to compromise on the bulk of Labour's manifesto.

Despite polls predicting little room between Labour and the Conservatives and pundits forecasting weeks of coalition negotiations with a range of possible unions, David Cameron achieved something that had not been seen since Thatcher in 1983.

It has become clear, listening to Ed Balls and Ed Miliband describe how keen Huhne was during the coalition negotiations with Labour to abandon the Lib Dems» manifesto pledge to delay spending cuts, that he has far fewer ideological objections to Osbornian austerity than some of us might have assumed in the not - too - distant past.

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The first phase of exit negotiations should have concluded in October, but only ended last week after a last - minute push to bring May's junior coalition partner — Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)-- on board with the deal.

People should start putting pressure on these parties to begin such negotiations as soon as possible so that immediately after the election they would be prepared to go to the Governor General with the request that they be recognized as a majority coalition government.

With the Syriza party winning the early Greek election and forming an anti-austerity coalition government, all eyes are on how the new government will manage debt negotiations with the Troika ---- the ECB, European Commission and International Monetary FWith the Syriza party winning the early Greek election and forming an anti-austerity coalition government, all eyes are on how the new government will manage debt negotiations with the Troika ---- the ECB, European Commission and International Monetary Fwith the Troika ---- the ECB, European Commission and International Monetary Fund.

The pan-Canadian coalition is working to coordinate Days of Action to coincide with the next round of NAFTA negotiations taking place in Canada (early 2018).

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

With other combinations all but impossible, a Jamaica coalition is the most probable coalition being formed after the negotiations taking place right now.

But he has earned Cameron's gratitude by taking a hefty pay cut to enter No 10 on a special adviser's salary of # 140,000 a year, having helped with the negotiations that created the Coalition Government.

In response to the alliance, reported by the Hebrew media Sunday, a senior Likud source involved in the coalition negotiations accused the national - religious Jewish Home party of «voter fraud,» for forming an agreement with Yesh Atid instead of allying with Likud - Beytenu, as it had promised it would in its elections campaign.

«There had been serious negotiations between the three non-Labour parties — Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats — with a view to forming a «rainbow» coalition.

Plaid formed a coalition with Labour, making progress on a referendum on further powers the key plank of their negotiations.

«The government goes into European negotiations with no policy on European defence; it is not mentioned in the coalition agreement; no policy on European energy - also not mentioned; and on justice and home affairs, all they can say is that they will review cases one by one; no principles, no plans,» he said.

This means building strong foundations for any consequent coalition - a necessity which, last time round, was compromised by the rush to office of both parties, and their unpreparedness, plus that of Whitehall, for the dance of negotiation which a hung Parliament brings with it.

With a coalition on the cards again for the next government, a capacity to compromise on, and in some cases jettison, manifesto and election pledges will play an important role in any negotiations.

In addition it was increasingly clear during the negotiations that many senior members of the Labour party did not want a coalition with us and preferred the option of going into opposition.

Still, rank - and - file advocates remain unconvinced, especially over whether Cuomo will make a good - faith effort to create a system of public financed political campaigns, which is part of a tricky set of negotiations with the state Senate, divided between a coalition of Democrats and Republicans.

The book is also part memoir from his childhood with American academic parents to his time at the heart of coalition negotiations in 2010.

Political editor Gary Gibbon's analysis Here's what Peter Hain had to say when I caught up with him... you can hear for yourself his thoughts about what happens in coalition negotiations if getting rid of Gordon becomes a non-negotiable.

Sheehan is hoping legislators will add the funding during negotiations with Cuomo this month, and said she will meet soon with leaders of the state Senate, controlled by Republicans in coalition with the Independent Democratic Conference.

He'd come to an agreement with the Tories during the coalition negotiations, Mr Sad Face told us.

«Jamaica» coalition talks collapsed on Sunday night after Christian Lindner (Fdp) said no to governing with the CDU and Greens, and Angela Merkel was forced to acknowledge that the margins for negotiation were depleted.

The result is good news for Skelos, who will now have an upper hand in any negotiations to a former a new coalition with Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein (It helps his Long Island delegation of nine Republicans remained intact, thus ensuring he'll be re-elected Senate majority leader).

Tony Benn has called on coalition forces to enter peace negotiations with the Taliban at a protest against the war in central London.

The governor told reporters that while the state is «entering the political season now,» he would still work with the Republican - dominated Senate leadership coalition, which he denounced as a failure in a video message recorded, after tense negotiations, to win the Working Families Party endorsement last weekend.

It is why he went into the coalition negotiations ready to drop his party's tuition fees pledge - and much else besides - but with electoral reform as non-negotiable.

In that same 22 Days in May postscript, Laws also notes that the Lib Dems» retreat towards economic liberalism, combined with a move towards social liberalism for the Tories under David Cameron, gave the parties some common ground on which to start coalition negotiations.

«I think what you've got to do is build off the foundational cultural shift that's represented by the Problem Solvers Caucus in the House and the Common Sense Coalition in the Senate and through those relationships, have good faith negotiations to deal with the issues of the day,» Reed said.

Brown remained as Prime Minister while the Liberal Democrats entered separate negotiations with Labour and the Conservatives with a view to forming a coalition government.

The universal benefit will form the centrepiece of the Coalition's work on welfare and it is possible only after months of fearsome, eyeball - to - eyeball negotiations with George Osborne — although Mr Duncan Smith cheekily refers to it as «a polite conversation.»

But Clegg had earlier told Cameron that the negotiations with Miliband showed why he did not want to enter a coalition with the Labour, despite the fact that Labour and the Lib Dems were closer on press reform.

A coalition agreement was then formed following negotiations with the Liberal Democrats and their leader Nick Clegg.

He says he worked for a Labour MP when he left university, spent his adult life trying to defeat Tories and acknowledges for the first time that when coalition negotiations began «I was one who argued that we should explore a coalition with Labour».

As secretary of State, she helped lead international climate negotiations and she created the Climate and Clean Air Coalition with other countries to reduce climate superpollutants like soot and methane.

When negotiations started in June, the diplomats, who negotiate on all manner of U.N. declarations, were slow to come to the table with their proposals, according to Ann Keeling, chair of the NCD Alliance (NCDA), a coalition of more than 2000 NCD organizations from 170 countries, which has been close to the negotiations and was pushing for a document with more teeth.

With three parties, unless one is stronger than the the other two combined, the negotiation may take some time until a coalition with a majority of power emerWith three parties, unless one is stronger than the the other two combined, the negotiation may take some time until a coalition with a majority of power emerwith a majority of power emerges.

Through her work on the Collective Leadership with La Via Campesina North America (LVC - NA) region as a representative of the Rural Coalition, she has collectively developed strategies that advocate for a stronger civil society voice on food sovereignty and in negotiations that represented the Global south in the North.

The campaign has also created important opportunities for student activists to learn about coalition building, negotiation and compromise, with campus forums and events sparking critical reflection on what climate change means for society and how everyday citizens, especially young people, can become involved.

After long and tough negotiations following elections in April, a coalition government with six parties has been formed.

A coalition of groups, including 350.org and 1Sky, have lobbied the new Administration to re-engage the US with the international climate negotiations.

«From this decision to China's groundbreaking cap - and - trade program and recent commitments from world leaders at the UN Climate Negotiations in Paris, the writing on the wall is clear: Coal exports are the wrong direction,» said Cesia Kearns, Deputy Director with the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, and Co-Director of the Power Past Coal coalition.

Any energy company could see that the Labour and then coalition governments had openly declared their negotiation position for new nuclear: over a barrel, with no trousers.

Finally, salience of the claims with regard to naturalisation into Dutch nationality with regard to the inverse guarantees contained within the Dutch coalition government negotiations may be raised here, without being commented upon further.

Beyond the individual pain, the Budget has taken a wrecking ball to the health system — not to mention years of hard work on the national health reform negotiations — and taken us back to the bad old days of blame game and cost shifting, with Premiers calling for voters to lobby the Coalition party room and Senate to defeat the cuts.

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