Sentences with phrase «coalition talks with»

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has held behind - closed - doors talks with his MPs in an attempt to gain their backing ahead of coalition talks with the Tories.

The prime minister also revealed that the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg had asked to begin formal coalition talks with Labour.

Gordon Brown announces his intention to step down as Labour leader by the autumn as the prime minister also reveals his party could start formal coalition talks with the Liberal Democrats.

Also this week, we exclusively publish the list of demands tabled by the Liberal Democrats during their coalition talks with Labour.

Plaid AMs last night agreed to stop coalition talks with Labour after accusing leader Rhodri Morgan of arrogance.

In Germany in 2013, SPD convention delegates voted by 196 votes in favour to 31 against, with two abstentions, before entering coalition talks with Merkel (though party leaders had already themselves ruled out a coalition with the Greens and Die Linke).

Though his manifesto launch offered voters a deft soundbite - Lib Dems will give Labour brains and the Tories heart - Clegg has struck an uncertain note this week, sometimes sounding as if he would prefer to lose than enter coalition talks with Miliband.

David Cameron has denied misleading Conservative MPs during coalition talks with the Liberal Democrats, insisting he did not tell them Labour was offering Nick Clegg's party electoral reform without a referendum.

This is a prominent Green Party demand in the coalition talks with Merkel's conservatives and the free - market FDP.

Chancellor Angel Merkel could lead a minority government if current coalition talks with the German Socialist party collapse, according to the country's deputy finance minister.

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.

The break down of the talks came as a surprise, especially as it was announced by the resurgent FDP, Merkel's preferred coalition partners who had dropped out of parliament four years ago and had ruled with her conservatives 2009 - 2013.

Let no one be in any doubt: the responsibility for the breakdown of Germany's coalition talks lies with Angela Merkel, and her failure has brought the end of her political career much closer.

As none of the three main factions had enough seats to govern alone, President Sergio Mattarella is expected to open formal coalition talks in April, with early elections possible if no accord is found.

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.

In brainstorming with the members of the Arizona chapter of Christians for Biblical Equality, I saw frustration in their faces as they talked about the seemingly insurmountable popularity of organizations like the Gospel Coalition and Acts 29.

The Daily Mail says a spokesperson from The National Council of Resistance of Iran, a political coalition which opposes the government, said: «The silence of the world community, especially of western countries, vis - à - vis these medieval punishments under the excuse of having nuclear talks with Iran has intensified the brutal and systematic violation of human rights in Iran.

As mischievous and calculating as ever, the Dark Lord is telling his old friend the Prime Minister to play hard to get with Nick Clegg in secret coalition talks.

Labour originally sought to form a coalition with Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats, but this collapsed after Mike German's Lib Dems pulled out of talks.

Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones then attempted to lead a coalition government, entering into talks with the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

Sir Alan writes of the two major political events to occur during his time as Berwick MP; the merger with the Social Democrat Party in 1988 and the talks between Paddy Ashdown and Tony Blair over a possible Lib - Lab coalition.

It makes accommodations to Liberal rhetoric, which is something Cameron did prior to the formation of the Coalition, with his much - derided talk of «liberal Conservatism».

Incidentally commentators talk about the maths not stacking up with a Lib / Lab coalition but if Cameron does not secure a government the Conservatives will be in chaos within months...

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.

Twelve per cent of people with mental health problems found themselves forced to wait over a year before receiving talking treatments, the We Need To Talk coalition found.

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.

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.

His account of his experiences in Iraq began by pointing out the major obstacle in the way towards brokering talks with Iraqi insurgents: obtaining permission from the Coalition's military leadership.

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.

In the interview Clegg also suggested that any «coalition of the losers» formed by the second largest party would lack «legitimacy» and he declared his intention to speak exclusively to the largest party first and only negotiate with the second largest party if talks with the first failed.

In an interview with the Guardian, the MP for Hull West and Hessle said that when the Lib Dems came to talk to Labour in May 2010, just after the general election resulted in the first hung parliament in 36 years, he believed the two parties would form a coalition.

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``... I'm talking with some people seeing whether or not there can be some coalition around a candidate as it has been for the last 43 years,» Rangel continued.

Tellingly Simon Hughes has also talked of a possible future Lib Lab Coalition, with Ed Miliband responding positively, although pointedly saying that any future coalition deal could only be struck with a new Liberal Democrat leader in place, in other words, not NiCoalition, with Ed Miliband responding positively, although pointedly saying that any future coalition deal could only be struck with a new Liberal Democrat leader in place, in other words, not Nicoalition deal could only be struck with a new Liberal Democrat leader in place, in other words, not Nick Clegg.

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.

There are a number of local Liberal Democrats less than enamoured by the cuts agenda of the Coalition, and already there is talk of finding a high profile candidate to carry the banner for a more recognisable Liberal candidate, who local supporters with their long non conformist tradition might buy into.

«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.

WAMC's Jim Levulis talks with Ken Lovett, Albany Bureau Chief for The New York Daily News, about New York state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's shock after the Independent Democratic Coalition unified with mainline Democrats in the Senate.

With electoral reform at the heart of any coalition deal, today's noisy protest will go some way towards strengthening Mr Clegg's hand in his talks with Tory leader David CameWith electoral reform at the heart of any coalition deal, today's noisy protest will go some way towards strengthening Mr Clegg's hand in his talks with Tory leader David Camewith Tory leader David Cameron.

«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.

With regard to potential coalition talks after the Sept. 27 election, Trittin said he was in principle willing to negotiate with all partWith regard to potential coalition talks after the Sept. 27 election, Trittin said he was in principle willing to negotiate with all partwith all parties.

The blame game over who killed public campaign finance talks is well underway at the Capitol, with Klein blaming the WFP, which blames his coalition with the Republicans.

«We want an overall majority, we don't want to be having a coalition with anybody because we want to be in an overall majority... It's not a sensible question: it's put forward by the Tories, who want to talk up the SNP because they don't think they can talk up their own record and it's put up by the SNP because they know people in Scotland hate the Tories, justifiably.

As coalition talks have progressed, the romantic allusions have increased, with the maidenly Lib Dems wooed by competing beaus who may or may not end up resorting to a pistol duel to conclude their suit.

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.

Andrew Gwynne, Labour's shadow health minister has said that the government is out of touch with the «immediate care crisis», hoping that the coalition will engage in cross party talks such that a proper agreement is made.

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.