Sentences with phrase «coalition talks on»

Mr Willetts replied by acknowledging that coalition talks on the issue had featured «a recognition of the importance of improving access to some of our most prominent universities».

Coalition talks on English votes for English laws are now focusing on a radical package of constitutional change, Politics.co.uk can reveal.

The effect of an unstable coalition or of inconclusive coalition talks on voters will have to be watched closely on two fronts.

Not exact matches

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.

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

LONDON — Talks about forming a coalition government in Germany collapsed on Sunday, causing political instability in the most powerful country in the European Union.

Coalition talks could drag on for weeks, and, if indecisive, will lead to fresh elections.

Greece's centre - left party is to take its turn in a final attempt at building a coalition on Thursday after failing to reach common ground in talks with the radical leftwing Syriza party.

«When this bill is finally talked out on some dark rainy night... we have to go back to the government and say to our partners in coalition «give us a government bill».

Consisting of 25 images, one for each day of the election campaign plus one taken during the height of the coalition talks, Roberts focused on the relationship between canvassing politicians and the voting public.

Coalition talks are on the agenda again at the moment as Andrew Adonis, a prominent Labour supporter of an alliance with the Lib Dems, publicises his new book Five Days In May: The Coalition And Beyond.

Interestingly, we haven't heard a PUBLIC word from Skelos since Klein's big reveal, although Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous went on Talk 1300 this morning with the NY Post's Fred Dicker and called Klein's coalition government statement «very powerful,» without either confirming or denying that talks to form a coalition are actually underway.

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.

There is no strict timetable for coalition talks to follow, and in 2010, an agreement was not reached until the following Tuesday, five days on from the election.

After their rout in the elections and referendum, the Liberal Democrats now talk privately about «identity issues» where they diverge from the Tories, to remind voters they are a separate party, and «unity issues» on which they strongly support their Coalition partner.

But if May has not secured a deal with another party by Monday morning, there will be pressure on her to call off the talks, particularly if Labour can show it can form a coalition with other parties to form a working majority and send Corbyn into Downing Street as Prime Minister.

In spite of how much impassioned talk there has been of austerity on both sides of the party - political divide, the table also suggests that the UK coalition government's overall cutbacks to date have been modest in comparison with the seven earlier episodes of fiscal squeeze shown.

One Senate - coalition source, talking on background, said, «The governor has 30 million reasons to make sure no one takes a close look at any of his dealings, and he's gonna fight any legitimate attempt to do so.»

«Democracy on demand»: The radical new idea for England now at the centre of the coalition's secret talks

In a clear signal that Mr Clegg will talk to Mr Cameron about coalition deals first, he said: «I have said that whichever party gets the most votes and the most seats has the first right to seek to govern, either on its own or by reaching out to other parties and I stick to that view.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman told reporters on Capitol Hill that he is willing to keep talking with members of the Blue Dog coalition - an influential group of fiscal conservatives - but also made clear he intends to move forward with the legislation.

«Post-November, we want to start a new coalition with the Democrats... once the dust settles on the primaries, we'll talk about November.»

[87] On 10 May 2010, after talks to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats broke down, Brown announced his intention to stand down as Leader before the Labour Party Conference but a day later resigned as both Prime Minister and party leader.

He is right to talk of «optimism», «hope» and a «new generation» — and decline the opportunity to outflank the coalition on the right.

«There was disquiet earlier in the year when Ed Balls talked about wanting to stick with the current coalition government policies on pay restraint, in particular, over this next period,» he says at the TUC stand.

«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.

Future coalition talks are derailed because the other parties realise they can't be relied on to stick it out for five years.

After a day - long conference in London on how to move forward the political process in Libya, other developments included: An admission the Coalition did not yet fully know who made up the opposition, which came after Nato said American intelligence had shown «flickers» of al Qaeda among the rebels; A suggestion the Coalition would be prepared to see Colonel Gaddafi go into exile if a country was willing to take him; A claim by the Italians that several nations were working on a deal involving a ceasefire, exile for Gaddafi and a talks framework between Libya's tribal leaders and opposition figures; Nick Clegg warning about the «danger of overreaching» during a speech in Mexico, but stressing liberal interventionism must be upheld.

Mr Brown himself said he would not be talking about a coalition government tonight, insisting that he would focus on «the major issues facing the world» - from nuclear proliferation to the global economy.

Riverkeeper President and Coalition member Paul Gallay called desalination a «draconian» solution to supply problems due to its price figure and requested the PSC hold collaborative talks with United Water on alternatives.

This changed in 2007 when the Welsh Conservatives were briefly involved in coalition talks after the indecisive 2007 Welsh election on a «rainbow coalition» with the Welsh Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru which collapsed after the Liberal Democrats backed out.

But the coalition government's track record (Yes, Nick Clegg, I'm talking about you too) on the local economy is dubious.

Cameron's comments suggest the Tories may now be prepared to put reform of the voting system on the table in coalition talks, rather than allow the issue to be a «deal breaker».

Prior to Liberal Democrats descending on Glasgow, the pre-conference talk was of a party more troubled than ever by the compromises and contortions of being in coalition with the Conservatives.

The Mail on Sunday is presently serialising David Laws's account of the coalition talks.

Now, with Clegg and Cameron looking like the embodiment of bourgeois bleeding - hearts — all «Big Society» promises and strong talk on civil liberties — some Labour people seem to have come to a truly stupid conclusion: that the Con - Dem coalition has to be outflanked on the right, because the proles demand it.

He was able to talk about the Coalition's very popular benefits cap after a question from Anna Soubry (who, incidentally, put in an excellent performance on last week's BBC1 Question Time).

The Riverdale Press Former Assemblyman Michael Benjamin stopped by The Press offices on Oct. 6 to talk about his pro-abstinence organization NYC Parents Choice Coalition.

Independent Democratic Conference leader Jeffrey Klein, left, D - Yonkers, and Sen. Tony Avella, D - Queens, talk in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Avella will become the fifth member of the IDC, which has ruled the state Senate in a coalition with Republicans since 2011.

When Tim Farron talked about the coalition breaking up after three or four years in his speech on Sunday, some people interpreted that as a sign that it would break up before the 2015 election.

After months of talking with the banks, the coalition is yet to announce a deal, codenamed Merlin, under which the industry would to agree lending targets of up to # 190bn and show restraint on bonuses in return for less criticism from the government.

David Laws, a Lib Dem minister in the coalition government, was also on the Today programme talking about the Windrush fiasco.

Liberal Democrat leader indicates he would consider vote on on Britain's EU membership in coalition talks in return for deal on schools and public sector pay

The prime minister has held talks with the Chancellor George Osborne and his Liberal Democrat coalition partners to seek agreement on next week's budget.

The Tories accused O'Donnell of overstepping his constitutional authority by giving his blessing to a delay in the return of parliament to allow talks on a coalition in the event of a close poll result.

Hughes is also holding talks inside the coalition on how to build affordable homes more quickly.

EW:... In a coalition you have to compromise and most people I've talked to say given the financial mess that we've got ourselves to try and deal with it's about time parties co-operated and they looked to try and get things done on behalf of the country rather than for party political advantage.

The new Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition unveiled its full policy document this morning, building on the deal agreed during talks between the parties last week.

Senior Liberal Democrats also admitted that they had gone cold on the idea of negotiating a fresh coalition agreement for the second half of the parliament, arguing the talks would become a nightmare of party management on both sides.

BERLIN (Reuters)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the center - left Social Democrats have agreed in coalition talks to put a moratorium on fracking for shale gas, leading members of the two parties said on Friday.