Sentences with phrase «for coalition negotiations»

But last time around, the combination of the electoral maths and the lack of preparation for coalition negotiation by Labour led to this Tory government.

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.

Angela Merkel's CDU and the SPD have agreed on a blueprint for formal grand coalition negotiations.

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).

But LibDemVoice co-editor Stephen Tall said «too much bile has been spilled» for full coalition negotiations to be successful.

Cameron may praise Thatcher for having «saved Britain», but in his actions he is a pragmatist who has worked hard to govern amid all the painful give - and - take negotiations of coalition government.

Though it's encouraging that the Coalition is thinking strategically about the looming post-2013 EU budget negotiations, Tony Blair's deal to give away part of the rebate in return for vague promises of CAP reform (which never materialised) shows that such deals have rarely worked for the UK.

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.

While it took almost a full hour - and - a-half for it to be formally acknowledged, what viewers were actually seeing from the start of the debate were coalition negotiations unfolding before their very eyes — as the Conservative Party press office pointed out on Twitter.

Before the 2010 election, which gave rise to the current coalition, the need for negotiations had arisen only once, following the February 1974 general election which also resulted in a hung parliament.

Unlock Democracy's protest on Saturday succeeded in attracting support from Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and the group is hoping its efforts will help strengthen the party's resolve in calling for a referendum on electoral reform as coalition negotiations continue.

«Voting reform was a make - or - break issue in coalition negotiations, and it will remain a point of controversy until the government names a date for the referendum.

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.

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.

The Lib Dem leader has a huge stake in the outcome of the referendum, as it was a key demand for his party during the coalition negotiations.

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.

How parties in coalition negotiations abandon their promises and alienate those who did vote for them without winning the support of anyone who didn't.

He said that he thought that there would be more coalition governments in future, but was careful not to set out any red lines for future negotiations.

There are several lessons we must learn not just from the negotiations in May 2010 (for which Labour were unprepared) but also from relations between the two parties in the coalition and the continuing impact of coalition government on their members.

«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.

A statement by Penguin Random House added: «The book will provide critical insights into key relationships in Westminster, global conflicts, the coalition negotiations of 2010, as well as the referendums on Scottish Independence and Britain's exit from the EU — in each instance, offering vital lessons for the future.

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).

A coalition of schools groups — ranging from the umbrella organization for the state's teachers union and the Council on School Superintendents — called for a variety of funding reforms for districts around the state ahead of next year's budget negotiations.

The report is particularly badly timed for the Lib Dems, who argued this morning that they sacrificed policies like tuition fees in order to secure items such as the pupil premium in the coalition negotiations.

The cabinet secretary, Gus O'Donnell, has set out guidelines to allow for a week of possible negotiations about a coalition, to ensure the Queen is not drawn into political controversy and avoid turbulence in the markets.

In their defence, they only saw the bill for the first time the day before the summer recess and began to debate it on their first full day back, but all the same it is hard to understand the official support of Liberal Democrats, who had made transparency in lobbying a major demand in coalition negotiations.

When it comes to coalition negotiations, the first demand on the table will be more money for Northern Ireland.

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.

He will have heard the answer that the right hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr Straw) gave when I asked him whether it had been the case that the outgoing Labour Prime Minister had offered, during the coalition negotiations, to ram through the alternative vote without a referendum.

He also urged any prospective candidates for the position to wait until coalition negotiations were complete before announcing their candidacy.

Alexander had been tipped for a peerage as it was believed if he lost his seat in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey he would be needed to help oversee coalition negotiations, although it would not have required him to hold a peerage for him to play that role.

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».

I do, however, agree that it is too much for Labour to be demanding his head in any coalition negotiations.

Led by two groups — the Coalition for Mercury - free Drugs and SafeMinds — they have brought the thiomersal «debate» into negotiations designed to address environmental problems.

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.

Coalition Demands Fair Funding for Charter Schools and All High - Need Students; No Cuts During Budget Negotiations

Anyhow, there were no major developments on German coalition negotiations, which likely contributed to the lull in the euro's price action as traders waited for actionable news.

Christoph Bals, Policy Director, Germanwatch, said: «This COP sends a powerful message to the German coalition negotiations: We expect that Germany implements its climate targets for 2020 and 2030.

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.

Coalitions for action on SLCPs outside the UN climate convention, such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, help to demonstrate that success is possible and build confidence for advancing action in the negotiations.

We are a member of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) as well as the International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation, and the Clean Shipping Coalition, civil society observer groups that monitor negotiations in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) respectively.

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.

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.