Sentences with phrase «entering coalition talks»

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.

Not exact matches

Martin Schulz, the leader of the Social Democrat Party (SPD)-- which was part of Chancellor Merkel's coalition in the previous government — had previously ruled out another partnership, but at the start of December decided to enter talks.

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

What is confi rmed, and supported by other accounts, is that both the Lib Dems and (perhaps surprisingly) the Conservatives were well prepared to enter into talks about coalition, while Labour gave the impression that they hadn't really lost the election.

[157] Under the constitution governing what happens in the event of a hung parliament, Brown remained temporarily as Prime Minister, [158] while the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives entered into talks aimed at forming a coalition government.