Sentences with phrase «formal talks»

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced his intention to stand down as Labour leader, as the party begins formal talks with the Liberal Democrats about the possibility of forming a government.

Following this announcement, formal talks began between Labour and the Liberal Democrats, but many in the Party felt that a Labour - Liberal Democrat coalition was an unrealistic prospect since it would still fall short of the 326 seats needed to form a majority government, with 315 seats to the Conservatives» 306.

ITER Director - General Bernard Bigot plans to lead a delegation to Tehran as early as next month to begin formal talks on ties that, Iranian science officials hope, will boost the nation's fusion program and expose Iranian experts to global norms in science.

It was the first time Reverend Paisley, the moderator of the Free Presbyterian church and a long - standing critic of the Catholic church, had held formal talks with the Archbishop of Armagh, Sean Brady.

The story, which relies on Labour sources, also reported that Nick Clegg spent last weekend telling Mr Brown he wanted to open formal talks with Labour.

«As you know Labour are now in formal talks with the Liberal Democrats to see if we can agree a stable government to secure the economic recovery and change our politics,» the letter, signed by the joint general secretaries Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson, said.

Gordon Brown's resignation and the opening of formal talks with the Labour Party have reignited the possibility of a progressive alliance.

Leaders of the other 27 EU nations are holding a summit on April 29 to forge their own response to Brexit, and it could be weeks before formal talks start.

The fact that many children and youth may not be ready for formal talk therapy does not mean that therapeutic benefits do not take place, and it certainly does not imply that the two most powerful common factors associated with change (outside of talk therapy events in the lives of clients, and relationship factors), also do not occur with precontemplative children and young people.

If Trump does ultimately decide to get into formal talks over the TPP, as he instructed his economic advisers to look into last week, he's going to be in bad shape.

The two countries» leaders had held formal talks only twice, in 2000 and 2007.

What heartened me most about the whole affair was how little formal talk there was about Christian unity and how much direct experience of it.

According to reports, Spielberg has entered formal talks with Warner Bros. to be the film's director.

It has been reported that AS Roma hope to schedule formal talks with off contract Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o in the coming days.

Leader Leanne Wood asked for the first minister vote to be put off for a week but did not ask for further formal talks to take place beforehand.

The Brexit clock will not stop for another snap election, even if formal talks are suspended.

First, the Russian Federation continues to object to more formal talks on autonomous weapon systems on the grounds that it is premature to move forward since there is not a clear understanding of the subject under discussion.

As the dust settles following the UK general election, Brexit secretary David Davis will finally begin formal talks on the terms of the UK's divorce from the European Union.

In December, just a week after spinning out of Google's moonshot factory X, Waymo announced it is in formal talks to integrate Honda vehicles with autonomous technology.

While the world applauded the start of formal talks, the FARC actually intensified its armed attacks, perhaps to ensure that it would enter the negotiations in a position of strength.

Sky News has learnt that TPG Capital is preparing to open formal talks with Spotify about the terms under which a bond it holds alongside other investors would convert into shares in the music service.

ALBANY — Formal talks with public employee unions will start next week, a senior aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

Formal talks on North Korea's nuclear program collapsed in 2009, and Kim has accelerated his efforts to obtain the ability to strike the U.S. with a nuclear weapon.

The idea of starting «formal talks» seemed silly to these old friends.

The strained negotiations collapsed last month when council voted to end all formal talks with his firm.

No formal talks have taken place between the two companies since 2014, however, sources said.

The Faith Movement has large youth gatherings — but much of the real work is done more personally — the eager questions asked after a formal talk, the sacramental encounter in the confessional, the one - on - one conversations that run on late and tackle some of the great issues of faith and of life's purpose.

An earlier report in the Times had claimed that Arsenal were set to open talks with the versatile midfielder over a fresh contract, but the latest report states the formal talks have yet to begin.

Arsenal have yet to hold any formal talks with Oxlade - Chamberlain over a new contract, even though the 23 - year - old is about to enter the final 12 months of his existing deal, and Liverpool are eager to exploit the situation.

«Despite suggestions to the contrary, there have been no formal talks between Arsenal and Walcott's representatives since August, where he rejected a fresh five year contract worth # 75,000 - a-week.»

Both lawmakers say there have been no formal talks about overriding a veto, but if Governor Cuomo rejects this bill, leaders of both houses could anticipate requests to pursue an override.

As the European Parliament will also want a say it could be several weeks before the formal talks begin.

Which also leaves the possibility that some senior Labour figure, outside the formal talks, did hint to the Lib Dems at the possibility of changing the electoral system without a referendum.

But the Guardian understands that there have been no formal talks about such reconciliation and the leader is not ready to do a deal with the parliamentary Labour party over how he puts together his frontbench team.

However, since the Liberal Democrats had indicated that they would not enter discussions with parties which continued to favour a referendum on independence, no formal talks were held: the SNP became a minority administration and Nicol led his party to the opposition benches.

The conversation during the breaks was as informative as the formal talks and discussions.

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However, the hunt is on for Jane, with Margot Robbie of the upcoming «The Wolf Of Wall Street» and Emma Stone «being considered,» though there are no formal talks.

In recent months — indeed, until the final days in Paris — many of us were frustrated to see the formal talks move so slowly toward «landing zones» that in informal discussions had emerged so clearly.